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History of Robotics Research and Development of Japan2004BusinessService Robot “enon”

Takashi UchiyamaFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Toshihiko MoritaFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Naoyuki SawasakiFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Shinji KandaFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Yuichi MuraseFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Keiju OkabayashiFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Miwa UekiFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Manabu NakaoFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Yoshihiko MurakawaFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Katsushi SakaiFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Jiang ShanFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Chen BinFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Yusuke YasukawaFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Toshikazu KanaokaFujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Tokuichi ShishidoFUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
Tsutomu AsadaFUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
Koichi MatsuoFUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
Yutaka NamikawaFUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
Tomohiro YamadaFUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
In Japan, it is expected that the labor shortage due to the declining birthrate and the growing percentage of elderly people will worsen in the near future. We developed enon, a production-type service robot, to provide services for people in offices or public places. It is a practical robot that performs work support in public areas where all types of people pass through in great numbers. In order to use it in public spaces such as shopping centers, offices, and IDC centers, it is necessary to focus on coexisting with humans safely. We have developed the following technologies to tackle this very difficult problem. (1) High-speed 3D vision processing compact and low-power-consumption hardware via low power consumption that can be installed on the robot. (2) Original autonomous locomotion technology using three pairs of stereo cameras and SLAM technology (3) Speech-based communication technology which can provide guide services even in high-noise environments such as communal facilities We considered the inherent safety approach and repeated risk assessments based on ISO/IEC Guide 51. We conducted a risk assessment and reduced risks by choosing suitable design features for the robot. The robot is equipped with various safety features that have been confirmed through experiments, all of which have been evaluated by a third-party institution (the Safety Engineering Laboratory, an NPO). In addition, we developed the middleware including the original script language that was able to be the state description for interaction with the robot. As a result, we maintained the mechanism which made it easy to construct a diversified service application. enon has a good track record in actual application in real services, such as transportation services in IDC centers and guide services in museums and shopping centers.
サービスロボットenon
Service robot enon
荷物搭載の様子
An image of transportation
サービスロボットenon
Service robot enon
enonの外観
Appearance of enon
 
ショッピングセンタでの案内業務
Guide service in shopping center
 

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[1] Y.Murase, Y.Yasukawa, S.Kanda,N.Sawasaki, and K.Okabayashi,T.Asada, Development of Production-Type Service Robot, The 36th International Symposium on Robotics, TU313, Tokyo, Japan, 2005,11.

[2] M.Nakao, N.Sawasaki, Y.Yamamoto, K.Okabayashi and S.Kanda, 3D vision system for service robot, The 36th International Symposium on Robotics, TU323, Tokyo, Japan, 2005,11.

[3] N.Sawasaki, M.Nakao, Y.Yamamoto, and K.Okabayashi, Embedded Vision System for Mobile Robot Navigation, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, Florida, 2006.3,

[4] T.Uchiyama, T.Morita and N.Sawasaki: Development of Personal Robot, The 13th International Symposium of Robotics Research(ISRR2007), Hiroshima, Japan, 2007.11.

[5] 神田真司, 村瀬有一, 岡林桂樹, 植木美和, 安川祐介, 沢崎直之, 宍戸徳一, 麻田務, 津野晃至: サービスロボット「enon」の開発, ロボット, No.167, pp.13-18, 2005.11.

[6] 神田真司, 村瀬有一, 沢崎直之, 麻田務: サービスロボット「enon」の開発, 日本ロボット学会誌, Vol. 24 No. 3, pp.288～291, 2006.

[7] 神田真司, 村瀬有一, 岡林桂樹, 麻田務: サービスロボット:enon, FUJITSU, No.57, Vol3, pp307-313, 2006.5.

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