MIVIABot: A Cognitive Robot for Smart Museum

Cognitive robots are robots provided with artificial intelligence capabilities, able to properly interact with people and with the objects in an a priori unknown environment, using advanced artificial intelligence algorithms. For instance, a humanoid robot can be perceived as a plausible tourist guide in a museum. Within this context, in this work we present how the latest findings in the field of machine learning and pattern recognition can be applied to equip a robot with sufficiently advanced perception capabilities in order to successfully guide visitors through the halls and the attraction in a museum.

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