For the purpose of the initiative an advanced robot was defined as a machine or system capable of accepting high level mission oriented commands, navigation to a work place and performing complex tasks in a semistructured environment with a minimum of human intervention. Such a semi-autonomous device would exhibit various attributes of intelligent operation the totality and integration of which would certainly challenge existing capabilities. The application areas envisaged usually encompassed the nuclear industry, space, underwater, construction, health care and general service functions such as surveillance and cleaning.

Inspec keywords: intelligent robots

Other keywords: intelligent system; mission oriented command; semi-autonomous device; advanced robotic; intelligent operation; semistructured environment; human intervention

Subjects: Robotics