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In order for a mobile robot to provide information services in real offices, the robot has to maintain the map of the office. Rather than a completely autonomous approach, we chose to interact with office people to learn and update the topological map using spoken dialogue. To successfully apply a speech recognition technology to conversation understandings in real offices, we implemented a multiple microphone array system and a context and attentional manager in the robot. The robot could demonstrate simple map learning, route guidance, and information service about people’s location.
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Matsui, T. et al. (2003). Spoken Language Interface of the Jijo-2 Office Robot. In: Jarvis, R.A., Zelinsky, A. (eds) Robotics Research. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36460-9_20
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