The History of the Mobot Museum Robot Series: An Evolutionary Study

This paper describes a long-terra project to install socially interactive, autonomous mobile robots in public spaces. We have deployed four robots over the last three years, accumulating a total operational time of about six years. We introduce the robots, then focus on the lessons learned from one deployment to the next. The evolution of the robothuman interface is of particular interest, although other aspects of the robots’ operations are briefly described.