A Social Robot in a Tourist Environment

In this paper, we have focused on applying robotics as a social element and an intermediary in tourism. To that end, a system has been developed that will benefit the tourist experience. To do this, every room of the hotel would have a low-cost social robot, a Karotz. This robot interacts orally wit...

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Published inUbiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence. Personalisation and User Adapted Services pp. 21 - 24
Main Authors Nieto, Diego, Quesada-Arencibia, Alexis, García, Carmelo R., Moreno-Díaz, Roberto
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2014
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
human-robot interaction
robot applications
social interaction
social robotics
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ISBN9783319131016
331913101X
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-13102-3_5

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Summary:In this paper, we have focused on applying robotics as a social element and an intermediary in tourism. To that end, a system has been developed that will benefit the tourist experience. To do this, every room of the hotel would have a low-cost social robot, a Karotz. This robot interacts orally with the tourist to provide him or her with news about the hotel and the best tourism activities for the user. The components of the robot were used during the development to make communication flows natural. This has enabled us to create a social robot that covers a need faced by the tourist industry. The developed prototype shows that this is a plausible field of application for social robotics.
ISBN:9783319131016
331913101X
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-13102-3_5