RoboDB: an application of Semantic Web Technologies to robotics

RoboDB is a knowledge acquisition system that gathers in- formation about robots. RoboDB uses Semantic Web technologies and tools to help the user in creating semantic descriptions of robot embodi- ments and their capabilities, as well as in building an ontology of robotics projects, research institutions, people, and other aspects of robotics. Ro- boDB allows its contributors to also become moderators of much needed discussions, and potentially reach agreements on the dierent terminol- ogy used in this heterogeneous and dynamic eld. The semantic data collected in RoboDB has been used in two application scenarios: interac- tion with virtual agents using ROILAbot, and the creation of a robotics directory for the Dutch Robotics Network (RoboNed).