Telepresence Robots as a Research Platform for AI

Recently, various commercial telepresence robots have become available to the broader public. Here, we present the telepresence domain as a research platform for (re)integrating AI. With MITRO: Maastricht Intelligent Telepresence RObot, we built a low-cost working prototype of a robot system specifically designed for augmented and autonomous telepresence. Telepresence robots can be deployed in a wide range of application domains, and augmented presence with assisted control can greatly improve the experience for the user. The research domains that we are focusing on are human robot interaction, navigation and perception.

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