Development of user-friendly intelligent home robot focused on safety and security

An Accident Model with Considering Physical Processes for Indoor Environment Safety

“…Elderly safety in the smart home environment was achieved by analyzing and inferring locations, time slots, and periods of stay of elderly people [44]. Robot techniques were also employed, e.g., the authors of [45] developed a robot which can, for example, sense gas leakage and shut off the gas valve. Others focus on a specific part of the home.…”

Analysis of successes and failures with a tele-operated mobile robot in various modes of operation

“…Although wheeled vehicles find it difficult to move freely over some terrain, wheeled mechanisms are still the main mechanisms for moving over ground [2][3][4][5] and they are considered in this paper. Mobile robots and unmanned vehicles are being increasingly used (and considered for future use) for assisting powered wheelchair users, 6,7 in nuclear plants, 8,9 for search and rescue, 10,11 surveillance, 12,13 security 14,15 and inspection. 16,17 Tele-robotics enable a robot to be remotely operated from outside a hazardous environment and the real challenge in unstructured and difficult environments such as hazardous areas is primarily the control of mobile robots 18,19 with some assistive algorithms.…”

“…20,21 Tele-operated mobile robots are generally directed along a path using manual controls and the master system has often been a joystick [22][23][24][25] although other input devices are available, for example, a pointer, 26 switches [27][28][29] or custom built devices such as virtual reality interfaces. 30,31 Much research has aimed to improve tele-operation and robotics for inspection and maintenance in hazardous or unpleasant environments 4,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] or in places where conventional techniques required cost-intensive infrastructures. [32][33][34][35] For many applications, mobile robots may not need autonomous control with geometric models of the environment.…”