im4Things: An Ontology-Based Natural Language Interface for Controlling Devices in the Internet of Things

Noguera-Arnaldos, José Ángel; Paredes-Valverde, Mario Andrés; Salas-Zárate, María del Pilar; Rodríguez-García, Miguel Ángel; Valencia‐García, Rafael; Ochoa, José Luís

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51905-0_1

“…-Towards human-centric robotics, the teaching of robots to take actions by means of natural language instructions is a key aspect. This challenge could derive knowledge and ideas from Web Semantic technologies, as well as from ontologybased natural language interfaces for controlling IoT devices, such as im4Things [87] and home automation [10]. These language interfaces allow people to interact with machines/robots using a human language.…”

Section: Challenges and Future Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The penetration of Internet of Things in robotics: Towards a web of robotic things

Kamilaris

¹

,

Botteghi

²

2020

AIS

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As the Internet of Things (IoT) penetrates different domains and application areas, it has recently entered also the world of robotics. Robotics constitutes a modern and fast-evolving technology, increasingly being used in industrial, commercial and domestic settings. IoT, together with the Web of Things (WoT) could provide many benefits to robotic systems. Some of the benefits of IoT in robotics have been discussed in related work. This paper moves one step further, studying the actual current use of IoT in robotics, through various real-world examples encountered through a bibliographic research. The paper also examines the potential of WoT, together with robotic systems, investigating which concepts, characteristics, architectures, hardware, software and communication methods of IoT are used in existing robotic systems, which sensors and actions are incorporated in IoT-based robots, as well as in which application areas. Finally, the current application of WoT in robotics is examined and discussed.

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“…• Towards human-centric robotics, the teaching of robots to take actions by means of natural language instructions is a key aspect. This challenge could derive knowledge and ideas from Web Semantic technologies, as well as from ontology-based natural language interfaces for controlling IoT devices, such as im4Things [83] and home automation [9].…”

Section: Challenges and Future Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Penetration of Internet of Things in Robotics: Towards a Web of Robotic Things

Kamilaris¹,

Botteghi²

2020

Preprint

0

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As the Internet of Things (IoT) penetrates different domains and application areas, it has recently entered also the world of robotics. Robotics constitutes a modern and fast-evolving technology, increasingly being used in industrial, commercial and domestic settings. IoT, together with the Web of Things (WoT) could provide many benefits to robotic systems. Some of the benefits of IoT in robotics have been discussed in related work. This paper moves one step further, studying the actual current use of IoT in robotics, through various real-world examples encountered through a bibliographic research. The paper also examines the potential of WoT, together with robotic systems, investigating which concepts, characteristics, architectures, hardware, software and communication methods of IoT are used in existing robotic systems, which sensors and actions are incorporated in IoT-based robots, as well as in which application areas. Finally, the current application of WoT in robotics is examined and discussed.

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“…Systems able to interact with people not just by reacting schematically to a request but through dialog or conversation were implemented [1]. Conversational Agents can be implemented in order to provide a personal assistance answering to the users in real time [23] and making interaction more natural and effortless [1]. The use of natural language is a simple vehicle to realize an interoperability system that is universal and embraces people, devices and applications [24].…”

Section: Network Communication and E-services Delivery Platforms For mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Spell Checking Web Service API for Smart City Communication Platforms

Barletta¹,

Caivano²,

Nannavecchia³

et al. 2019

OJAppS

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The Internet of Things becomes Internet of Everything when in the process of communication machine-to-machine also intelligent forms of communication between human and machine are involved. Cities can be viewed as a microcosm of this interconnected system where ICT and emerging technologies can be enabling factors to transform cities in Smart Cities. Cities can take great advantage by using information intelligence to achieve important public-policy goals and, in particular, by enabling network communication channels between citizens and public administrators in order to provide information and online services in real time through platform systems rather than by means of humans, using Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing techniques. This work was the first step of a wider project aimed at providing a Spell Checking Web Service API for Smart City communication platforms able to automatically select, among the large availability of open source spell checking tools, the most suitable tool based on the semantic structure of the specific textual data. The system should manage an enhanced Italian Vocabulary Database, specifically implemented to support all the tools of the system. The goal of the present work was to test, through an experimental research, the feasibility of the entire project by implementing a Spell Checking Prototype System designed to manage two selected spell checking tools. Results showed that the Spell Checking Prototype System significantly improves performances by allowing the user to select the most suitable tool for the specific semantic structure of the text. The system also enables to manage the list of exceptions, which continuously enhance the Italian Vocabulary Database. The experimentation proved scientific evidence of the validity of the project aimed at implementing a Spell Checking Web Service API in order to improve the quality of natural language data to be stored or processed in Smart City NCeSDP systems, through the use of existing spell checking tools.

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im4Things: An Ontology-Based Natural Language Interface for Controlling Devices in the Internet of Things

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The penetration of Internet of Things in robotics: Towards a web of robotic things

The penetration of Internet of Things in robotics: Towards a web of robotic things

The Penetration of Internet of Things in Robotics: Towards a Web of Robotic Things

A Spell Checking Web Service API for Smart City Communication Platforms

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