Title
Robots in Smart Spaces - A Case Study of a u-Object Finder Prototype -
Abstract
A smart space is a physical spatial environment such as a room that can provide automatic responses according to the contextual information occurring in an environment. The context data is usually acquired via various devices which are installed somewhere in the environment and/or embedded into some special physical objects, called u-objects, which are capable of executing computation and/or communication. However, the devices used in current researches on smart space are either fixed or residing in real objects, which are incapable of moving by themselves. Likewise, more and more robots have been produced, but most of them are designed and developed based on the assumption that the space surrounding a robot is an ordinary one, i.e., a non-smart space. Therefore, it is necessary to study what additional services can be offered and what specific technical issues will be faced when adding robots to smart spaces. To identify the potential novel services and technology problems, this research is focused on a case study of a u-object finding service performed by a robot in a smart space. This paper presents the design and development of the system prototype robot which can communicate with other devices and can find a u-object with attached RFID tag in a smart room. Some preliminary experiments were conducted and the results verified the functionalities of the system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/978-3-540-69293-5_7
UIC
Keywords
Field
DocType
case study,u-object finding service,smart room,u-object finder prototype,non-smart space,rfid tag,smart space,special physical object,system prototype robot,smart spaces,physical spatial environment,additional service
Smart environment,Contextual information,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Ubiquitous computing,Robot,Smart rooms,Smart spaces,Distributed computing,Computation,Embedded system
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5061
0302-9743
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.45
7
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tomomi Kawashima1223.37
Jianhua Ma21401148.82
bernady o apduhan327337.70
Runhe Huang440756.46
Qun Jin535146.82