CONTEXT-AWARE LOCAL PLANNING FOR PERSONAL CARE ROBOTS

摘要

Human caregivers can provide high-quality caring services because their behavior considers where they are and what/who is around them. For a personal care robot to provide caring services similarly, a context-aware local planning method is presented that allows a robot to change between different operating patterns at run time. With a control system that integrates the proposed method, a personal care robot can behave based on the type of room in which it currently stands and whether there are people within its operating range. The proposed method has been tested in an actual household environment and was proved to be effective.