The service robot MOPS: First operating experiences

✍ Scribed by N. Tschichold-Gürman; S.J. Vestli; G. Schweitzer

• Book ID: 104356995
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 232 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0921-8890
• DOI: 10.1016/s0921-8890(00)00120-2

✦ Synopsis

The mobile post distribution system MOPS has been developed at the ETH Zurich during the last few years. A service robot like MOPS is a highly complex system, as it includes, in addition to the robot itself, the task, the operator, and the environment. Operating experiences with such service robots are not easily available yet. They would be of value, as, in the end, customer acceptance will decide upon the actual use of service robots.

In this paper, technical aspects of the realization of MOPS are discussed briefly. Furthermore, operating experiences, lessons learned and consequences are commented upon.