APPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES IN SERVICE AND SECURITY ROBOTS
Sreeja Rajesh, Chinn Mohanan, Vinoj P. G · 2023
Robotics have been swiftly progressing in tandem with developments in computer vision, speech recognition, sensors, and artificial intelligence. Progress in sensor technology, navigation systems, and machine learning is enhancing the intelligence and mobility of robots, while also reducing costs, enabling them to cater to a broader array of services. These services frequently take place in dynamic settings, necessitating the ability to navigate through populated and occasionally constrained zones. These facilities have been used for advancement in service robot sector, which in turn demanded ensuring high security in these applications. This chapter will be guided through characteristics, features and recent trends of service robots and security robots. It further discusses an elderly assistance application implemented using service and security robots. Sensor data is analyzed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) model to predict different human behaviour. The overall challenges faced during the implementation of service and security robots are discussed. The chapter concludes by presenting open research challenges faced in this area.