香港機器人餐廳使用 DrRobot 室內定位導航技術

<P>世界首間機器人服務餐廳, 於香港正式營運. 其中第二號黃色的機器人, 採用 DrRobot 的 Constellation 室內定位導航技術(使用於 Sentinel 保全警衛機器人). 第二號黃色機器人的肩膀兩邊, 安裝有"定位訊號接收器", 讓導航系統可以知道機器人的目前位置, 並將其導航到要送餐的客戶座位.</P>
<P>機器人餐廳位於將軍澳中心 G27 號舖, 機器人於星期六及星期日才有服務.</P>
<P>http://www.robot.com.hk/</P>
<P>http://www.drrobot.com/</P>
<P>IEEE 報導<BR>http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/dec06/4761 </P>
<P>At Robot Kitchen, in Hong Kong, robots greet, seat, and feed patrons. Robot No. 1, which bears more than a passing resemblance to Rosie the robot maid from “The Jetsons,” has a touch-screen interface to take customers’ orders. Robot No. 2 uses its built-in tray to deliver orders. At least, that’s the plan. As of early November, Robot No. 2 was limited to delivering desserts and other small dishes, and even Robot No. 1 needed a human supervisor to double-check the work.<BR><BR>The robots were designed and built by Hong Kong–based Cyber Robotics Technology and cost about US $5000 apiece. Their sensors, including audio and video devices, enable them to get around the restaurant without colliding with customers and to respond to simple commands, if spoken in Cantonese. They come fully assembled (yes, batteries are included), and they will run for 2 to 10 hours after a 5 hour charge. And they don’t steal any food when the boss isn’t around.<BR></P>