A Mobile Terminal User Interface for Intelligent Robots

Intelligent robots can obtain environmental information by processing sensor signals, understand contextual information, and perform necessary tasks autonomously. They can also perform tasks directed by commands from a user. They can be used for housekeeping, entertaining, and educational purposes. In order to use intelligent robots efficiently, a convenient user interface is needed to control them. In this study, we analyze how to organize such a user interface according to the function and level of autonomy of intelligent robots and develop a user interface for controlling them remotely via a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or mobile phone.

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