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Ranger, An Example of Integration of Robotics into the Home Ecosystem

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New Trends in Medical and Service Robots

Part of the book series: Mechanisms and Machine Science ((Mechan. Machine Science,volume 38))

Abstract

This paper presents the concept and a case study of a robject, a robotic entity embedded in an everyday object. Robjects use the affordance of the original object to ensure an efficient interaction and a high acceptance. The example of the ranger robot shows how this approach can be applied to a domestic environment. We explore the integration of a robot (robject) into a family household, by regarding the home as a ecosystem , which consists of people, things, activities, and interactions. Our evaluation study of the ranger robot in families validates this holistic approach and shows the impact of this type of design in respect to the complexity of the robotic system.

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This work was supported by the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research “Robotics”.

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  1. Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques (LSRO), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Francesco Mondada & Séverin Lemaignan

  2. Computer-Human Interaction in Learning and Instruction Laboratory (CHILI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Julia Fink & Séverin Lemaignan

  3. Distributed Intelligent Systems and Algorithms Laboratory (DISAL), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

    David Mansolino

  4. Embodied Interaction Lab, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, Switzerland

    Florian Wille & Karmen Franinović

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Correspondence to Francesco Mondada .

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  1. LSRO—Robotic Systems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Hannes Bleuler

  2. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Mohamed Bouri

  3. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Francesco Mondada

  4. Research Center for Industrial Robots, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Doina Pisla

  5. Robotics Laboratory, Mihailo Pupin Institute, Belgrade, Serbia

    Aleksandar Rodic

  6. Force Dimension, Nyon, Switzerland

    Patrick Helmer

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Mondada, F., Fink, J., Lemaignan, S., Mansolino, D., Wille, F., Franinović, K. (2016). Ranger, An Example of Integration of Robotics into the Home Ecosystem. In: Bleuler, H., Bouri, M., Mondada, F., Pisla, D., Rodic, A., Helmer, P. (eds) New Trends in Medical and Service Robots. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 38. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23832-6_15

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