Development of an ease-of-use API for the service robot applications

- Development of a human-robot collaborative platform for light work -

Abstract

The service industry has high expectations for the inclusion of robotics in business. To this end, we have performed research and development into creating a platform for robot technology in the service industry. In this project, we have developed an API allowing for painless development of service robot applications. We confirmed the effectiveness of adopting this API into the development of service robot applications via an experiment in which a service robot works in a restaurant. In this paper, we outline the API and the contents of the experiment.