Human Cues for Robot Navigation

世界上有许多造福人类的导航线索：路标、地图和互联网上丰富的信息。然而，到目前为止，机器人导航几乎没有将这些丰富的象征性信息用作资源。该项目将开发一种机器人导航系统，通过整合通过阅读房间标签、遵循人类路线指示或解释网络上找到的地图获得的知识，使用机器人传感器范围之外的信息进行导航。这个项目将通过比较机器人和人类的表现来展示它的导航能力，因为它通过问路、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认路。

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.