Human Cues for Robot Navigation

世界上有许多有利于人类的导航线索：路标、地图和互联网上丰富的信息。然而，到目前为止，机器人导航很少利用这种丰富的符号信息作为资源。该项目将开发一种机器人导航系统，通过结合阅读房间标签、遵循人类路线指示或解读网络上找到的地图所获得的知识，可以利用机器人范围传感器以外的信息进行导航。该项目将展示机器人的导航能力，将其与人类的表现进行比较，让机器人通过问路、阅读标志和地图以及在互联网上搜索线索来学习在校园里找路。

The world has many navigational cues for the benefit of humans: sign posts, maps and the wealth of information on the internet. Yet, to date, robotic navigation has made little use of this abundant symbolic information as a resource. This project will develop a robot navigation system that can navigate using information beyond the robot's range sensors by incorporating knowledge gained by reading room labels, following human route directions or interpreting maps found on the web. This project will demonstrate the robot's navigation ability by comparing its performance with a human as it learns to find its way around campus by asking for directions, reading signs and maps, and searching the internet for clues.