Implementation and experiences on a real robot

Abstract

Once we have devised efficient mechanisms for robot operation and human communication through multiple abstraction, it seems we are now on the brink of developing a robotic system like our robotic taxi driver. Unfortunately there is still, at least, a hard obstacle to be solved: robots can not overcome all possible situations in a real scenario. That is, robot skills required to perform in a complete autonomously manner within a dynamic, unpredictable, human scenario are still beyond the capabilities that the current robotic technology can offer. This fact is what actually prevents the presence of robots around us. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.