7th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment

Research Article

Virgil, Robot for Museum Experience: Study on the opportunity given by robot capability to integrate the actual museum visit.

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.intetain.2015.259945,
        author={Luca Giuliano and Miquel Efrain Kaouk Ng and Maria Luce Lupetti and Claudio Germak},
        title={Virgil, Robot for Museum Experience: Study on the opportunity given by robot capability to integrate the actual museum visit.},
        proceedings={7th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={INTETAIN},
        year={2015},
        month={8},
        keywords={cloud robotics platform human robotic interaction robot mobile telepresence intelligence robots},
        doi={10.4108/icst.intetain.2015.259945}
    }
    
  • Luca Giuliano
    Miquel Efrain Kaouk Ng
    Maria Luce Lupetti
    Claudio Germak
    Year: 2015
    Virgil, Robot for Museum Experience: Study on the opportunity given by robot capability to integrate the actual museum visit.
    INTETAIN
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.intetain.2015.259945
Luca Giuliano1,*, Miquel Efrain Kaouk Ng1, Maria Luce Lupetti1, Claudio Germak1
  • 1: Politecnico di Torino
*Contact email: giuliano.luca@polito.it

Abstract

Robotics platforms are becoming more and more present in people everyday life. A reflection on multimedia technologies that are currently used in the museum experiences has been made. In this paper, we present and describe a robotic system, called "Virgil" and a remote tele-operation application used as a support instrument for the museum guide in order to enhance the museum experience and increase the cultural value of the territorial heritage. The application is based on a Cloud Robotic infrastructure that contains ROS nodes and exposes a set of APIs to the user.