Knowledge processing is an essential technique for enabling autonomous robots to do the right thing to the right object in the right way. Using knowledge processing the robots can achieve more flexible and general behavior and better performance. While knowledge representation and reasoning has been a well-established research field in Artificial Intelligence for several decades, little work ha...

This paper addresses the problem of autonomous behaviors of virtual characters. We postulate that a behavior is regarded as autonomous when the actions performed by the agent result from the interaction between its internal dynamics and the environment, rather than being externally controlled. In this work, we argue that an autonomous behavior is an agent’s solution to a given problem, which is...

This paper presents a deterministic algorithm for forming a given asymmetric pattern in finite time by a set of autonomous, homogeneous, oblivious mobile robots under the CORDA model. The robots are represented as points on the 2D plane. There is no explicit communication between the robots. The robots coordinate among themselves by observing the positions of the other robots on the plane. Init...

Abstract. Acting efficiently and meeting deadlines requires autonomous robots to schedule their activities. It also requires them to act flexibly: to exploit opportunities and avoid problems as they occur. Scheduling activities to meet these requirements is an important research problem in its own right. In addition, it provides us with a problem domain where modern symbolic AI planning techniq...

A key challenge to widespread deployment of mobile robots in the real-world is the ability to robustly and autonomously sense the environment and collaborate with teammates. Real-world domains are characterized by partial observability, non-deterministic action outcomes and unforeseen changes, making autonomous sensing and collaboration a formidable challenge. This paper poses visionbased sensi...

The 21st century will become an era of autonomous robots that help and support people. Thus, they will be considered as partners of human beings. In this paper, the author introduces AIBO, the first product model of Robot Entertainment Systems. The main application of this robot is a pet-style robot, which must maintain a lifelike appearance. The author suggests how to maximize the complexity o...

In this paper we propose four models of unmanned blimps: Robots, Pets, Agents, and Puppets, according to whether they are autonomous or not and whether they are shown to people or not. Robots and Pets are autonomous and Agents and Puppets are not autonomous. Robots and Agents are shown to people and Pets and Puppets are not shown to people. Based on these models, we approach toward interactive ...

In many cases, tasks are unknown for the multi-robot system in advance. Therefore, robots are required to work cooperatively during the proceeding of tasks. Such cooperation is called autonomous cooperation. To realize autonomous cooperation in the multi-robot system, an appropriate task allocation algorithm is quite important for the efficiency of the system. Taking advantage of the interactio...

Both Robots and Personal Computers established new markets and became mass-products in the mid-1970s. They were enabling factors in Automation and Information Technology respectively. However, while you can see Personal Computers in almost every home nowadays, the domain of Robots is mostly restricted to industrial automation. Due to the physical impact of robots, a safe design is essential whi...

This paper describes the efforts of Stanford University’s Aerospace Robotics Laboratory (ARL), the Palo Alto – Mountain View (California) Regional Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, and the MLB Company to bridge the gap between the perception of potential uses of autonomous robots in police SWAT environments and the reality of their application. The ARL researchers were given freedom of m...