Abstract
In this paper, a network distributed monitoring system for human assistance robot system was developed to improve the interaction among the users and local service robotic system and enable a remote user to get a better understanding of what is going on in the local environment. Home integration robot system and network monitoring system using QuickCam Orbit cameras were developed and demonstrated from June 9 to June 19 at the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan. Improvements of network distributed monitoring system using IEEE1394 cameras with high performance and high resolution have been done in order to extend the application of system. Robot Technology Middleware (RTM) was used in the developed system. By using RTM, we can develop cameras functional elements as “RT software components” that can be implemented by different programming languages, run in different operating system, or connected in different networks to inter-operate. It is also easy to create comprehensive robot system application by re-using existing modules thus facilitating network-distributed software sharing and improving the cost of writing and maintaining software.
Highlights
Many service robotic systems have been developed in order to improve care cost and the QoL of the elderly people in the population‐aging society
In order to enhance the performance of the network distributed monitoring system, we developed IEEE‐1394 cameras Robot Technology (RT) control components in order to make application and system integration easier
Being different from QuickCam Orbit cameras, IEEE‐1394 cameras were widely used in robot field and it has high performance and high resolution
Summary
Many service robotic systems have been developed in order to improve care cost and the QoL of the elderly people in the population‐aging society. Our HARSP (Human‐Assistance Robotic System Project) project has been developing a network distributed Human‐Assistance Robotic System since 2000 In order to enable a remote users to get a better understanding of the state of the robots working and the state of the aged or disabled, we developed network distributed monitoring system to transmit media streams in real time to improve interaction between a remote user and local robot system. Home robot integration system and network monitoring system using QuickCam Orbit cameras were developed and demonstrated from June 9 to June 19 at the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan. In order to enhance the performance of the network distributed monitoring system, we developed IEEE‐1394 cameras RT control components in order to make application and system integration easier. This paper introduces the architecture of the developed system and the results of experiments
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