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1. Unmanned operation of load-haul-dump vehicles in mining environments
Sammanfattning : Underground mines typically do not represent the best working conditions for humans, and many mining companies have the intent to remove all humans from the ore extraction areas. To achieve this goal automation of the mining machinery is required. LÄS MER
2. Robust execution of robot task-plans : a knowledge-based approach
Sammanfattning : Autonomous mobile robots are being developed with the aim of accomplishing complex tasks in different environments, including human habitats as well as less friendly places, such as distant planets and underwater regions. A major challenge faced by such robots is to make sure that their actions are executed correctly and reliably, despite the dynamics and the uncertainty inherent in their working space. LÄS MER
3. An investigation of hybrid maps for mobile robots
Sammanfattning : Autonomous robots typically rely on internal representations of the environment, or maps, to plan and execute their tasks. Several types of maps have been proposed in the literature, and there is general consensus that different types have different advantages and limitations, and that each type is more suited to certain tasks and less to others. LÄS MER
4. Planning in Inhabited Environments : Human-Aware Task Planning and Activity Recognition
Sammanfattning : Promised some decades ago by researchers in artificial intelligence and robotics as an imminent breakthrough in our everyday lives, a robotic assistant that could work with us in our home and our workplace is a dream still far from being fulfilled. The work presented in this thesis aims at bringing this future vision a little closer to realization. LÄS MER
5. On Making Robots Proactive
Sammanfattning : The question addressed in this thesis is: Can we make robots proactive? Proactivity is understood as self-initiated, anticipatory action. This entails the ability to generate own goals and pursue them. Our work is based on the assumption that proactivity makes robots more acceptable in human-inhabited environments. LÄS MER