Yosuke Tsuchiya

RSi-cloud for integrating Robot Services with internet services

This paper proposes the RSi Research Cloud (RSi-Cloud), which enables integration of robot services with internet services and mash-up of robot services. The feature of RSi-Cloud is to use a standardized communication protocol, that is Robot Service Network Protocol (RSNP). By using the robot service specification, we can provide novel services combining various kinds of service components. In addition, since RSNP is determined based on web services, many researchers and engineers in the internet field can join robot service development. We also implement a surveillance camera service as a prototype system using the proposed platform. This paper reports the implementation result.

Research and development environments for robot services and its implementation

We have proposed the RSi Research Cloud (RSi-Cloud), which enables integration of robot services with internet services. Until now, we have developed a surveillance service using robot cameras on the cloud environment, and have realized internet connection from robots implemented with RSNP (Robot Service Network Protocol). This paper reports a design result of Robot Service HTML interface (RSHi), which is a mechanism to treat robot applications deployed in RSi-Cloud by the same way as RSNP robot clients. RSHi makes it possible to deploy RSNP service applications within firewall systems, and as a result, a robot service expansion can be expected. Moreover, in this paper, we show a usage example of micro-services on a service robot which uses a face detection function.

An implementation of a distributed service framework for cloud-based robot services

Recently, many ICT companies as well as researchers are taking an increasing interest in robot services using cloud computing, and various service platforms for them have been proposed. From these backgrounds, we have proposed a distributed service framework using Robot Service Network Protocol (RSNP) to integrate various devices including robots with internet services. The key mechanism of the proposed framework is a robot assignment function, which discovers distributed robot resources and assign the requested tasks by end users to suitable robots. In this paper, we implement a prototype system on the proposed framework, and conduct implementation evaluation using the system.

A Virtual Campus Tour Service Using Remote Control Robots on Robot Service Network Protocol

Recently, there are increasing interests of integration between robot technologies and Internet services, and various cloud-based service platforms for robots are proposed. From these backgrounds, in this paper, we propose a virtual campus tour service which enables remote users to control robots in school campuses via the Internet. In implementing the service, we use Robot Service Network Protocol (RSNP), which is a common protocol specification for robot services. Therefore, users can operate various remote robots in various campuses via the proposed service. Furthermore, we conduct subjective and objective assessments on camera functions for the service, and verify the effectiveness of the proposed one.

An RPG-like campus tour service using remote control robots

In recent years, there are great attentions to realworld data services where the Internet services, ubiquitous computing and robot services are integrated. In order to spread such services widely, standardized platforms and wide variety of applications are required. In this paper, we propose a Remote Open Campus System (ROCS) which provides a campus tour service by controlling a robot at a campus through the Internet. ROCS maps a real world campus environment to a virtual world, that is, reflecting real views captured by a robot to a virtual campus created by itself. For that, ROCS functions are created by using RSNP (Robot Service Network Protocol), which is a protocol specification for robot services.

Global PBL for Environmental IoT

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology has performed the global Project Based Learning (PBL) for environmental IoT with Universiti Brunei Darussalam (Brunei) and Unitec Institute of Technology (New Zealand) in 2015-2016, in order to address environmental monitoring in Brunei. We evaluate the effectiveness of this global PBL from various metrics including questionnaire and GitHub. Finally, we learn some lessons from this global PBL and suggest the direction of future global PBL.

Demonstration Experiments of a Robot Service of Stamp-Rally and Questionnaires for Tourism Destination Marketing

Recently, the concern with tourism destination marketing, which is conducted marketing research from a point of view from a tourism destination, has been growing. We developed a stamp-rally and questionnaire service using robots, with the aim of applying to the marketing research of tourist site and visitors of an exhibition. This robot-service is able to obtain the information and status of tourists by multiple robots, able to aggregate these data, and able to provide them to the stakeholders such event organizers in real time via the Internet. In this paper, we report two evaluation experiments in big events held on TOKYO Big Sight. In addition, we verify the effectiveness of our stamp-rally and questionnaire survey service using robots and devices, and verify the utilization of data obtained.

Web application technologies for integration of remote operation, camera image and voice communication into a cloud-based robotics platform

Web application technologies for network-based various type of devices that include robots are explored. Web application development of robot services are required to provide integration of robot control and multimedia information that are characterized by dynamic, two-way communication and real-time. In this paper, we design the web application in consideration of these characteristics of robot services. The target of our web application is a robotic telepresence service. We adopt RSNP (Robot Service Network Protocol) as a robot software platform, and adopt HTML5 technology in web application development. In addition, we implement a prototype system, and verify the effectiveness and usefulness of the web application.

A method improving efficiency of remote operation for a virtual campus tour service using robots

Recently, there are increasing interests of integration between robot services and the Internet, and many remote control services using robots have been proposed. In order to control robots remotely, we generally use images and videos captured by robot cameras and fixed cameras, but image quality is fluctuating with a change of network condition. The fluctuation has an effect on operational accuracy of remote control robots. In this paper, we propose the method controlling quality of camera images according as network condition for a virtual campus tour service using robots.

An Empirical Report of Project Based Learning with Asynchronous and Synchronous e-Learning

Abstract An asynchronous e-learning system that aggregates educational contents on a server and distributes them to students is widely used for the purpose of self-learning. Recently, synchronous e-learning, which enables students to attend a lecture from remote locations and learn interactively through real-time communication, has become more popular. In our work, we apply the combination of these e-learning systems to an advanced information systems architect education by PBL (Project-Based Learning). This paper describes our design and implementation of the blended e-learning style course on an analysis process of information systems development. Also, we report the result of the practice and educational effect.