Rolland Autonomous Navigation Assistant

Autonomous Navigation Assistant

Autonomous Navigation Assistant in BAALL

The video shows the Autonomous Navigation Assistant and its integration in the Bremen Ambient Assisted Living Lab (BAALL). First, the user asks the wheelchair “Please take me to the books”. The wheelchair is autonomously driving there. After the user has taken a cook book out of the shelf, he asks the wheelchair to take him to the kitchen. While driving there, the electric doors open automatically and the kitchen worktop moves to an appropriate height, so that the wheelchair fits underneath it. Finally the user moves down a kitchen cupboard by pressing of button in the kitchen, opens the cupboard, and takes out a plate. Afterwards, he decides to move the cupboard back up using a speech command.

Autonomous navigation in BAALL by speech commands

Download: AutonomousNavigationAssistant.wmv (720x576, WMV3, 22MB)

Autonomous Navigation Assistant at the Cebit: Dialog-System

The video shows the Autonomous Navigation Assistant together with a dialog system that allows selecting the navigation route on the Cebit 2009. The user can query information about the exhibitors in the hall 9 of the Cebit and define navigation route. Afterwards, the wheelchair follows that route automatically. At the end of the route, the wheelchair provides the option to return to the stand of the DFKI.

Autonomous navigation at the Cebit with dialog-based target selection

Download: CebitDialog.wmv (720x576, WMV3, 81MB)

Autonomous Navigation Assistant at the Cebit: Driving without a Passenger

The video shows the same journey as above, but this time without a passenger.

Autonomous navigation at the Cebit without passenger

Download: CebitAlone.wmv (720x576, WMV3, 73MB)

Autonomous Navigation Assistant at the Cebit: Navigation to Multiple Targets

In the video, several targets are selected via the touch screen. Afterwards, the wheelchair autonomously drives to all of them one after the other.

Autonomous navigation at the Cebit to multiple targets

Download: CebitNavigation.wmv (720x576, WMV3, 101MB)