Ubiquitous robot is a term used in an analogous way to

ubiquitous computing Ubiquitous computing (or "ubicomp") is a concept in software engineering, hardware engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear seamlessly anytime and everywhere. In contrast to desktop computing, ubiquitous computing imp ...

. Software useful for "integrating robotic technologies with technologies from the fields of ubiquitous and pervasive computing,

sensor network Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) refer to networks of spatially dispersed and dedicated sensors that monitor and record the physical conditions of the environment and forward the collected data to a central location. WSNs can measure environmental ...

s, and

ambient intelligence Ambient intelligence (AmI) refers to environments with electronic devices that are aware of and can recognize the presence of human beings and adapt accordingly. This concept encompasses various technologies in consumer electronics, telecommunic ...

". The emergence of mobile phone,

wearable computer A wearable computer, also known as a body-borne computer, is a computing device worn on the body. The definition of 'wearable computer' may be narrow or broad, extending to smartphones or even ordinary wristwatches. Wearables may be for general ...

s and ubiquitous computing makes it likely that human beings will live in a ubiquitous world in which all devices are fully networked. The existence of ubiquitous space resulting from developments in computer and network technology will provide motivations to offer desired services by any IT device at any place and time through user interactions and seamless applications. This shift has hastened the ubiquitous revolution, which has further manifested itself in the new multidisciplinary research area, ubiquitous robotics. It initiates the third generation of

robotics Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...

following the first generation of the

industrial robot An industrial robot is a robot system used for manufacturing. Industrial robots are automated, programmable and capable of movement on three or more axes. Typical applications of robots include robot welding, welding, painting, assembly, Circu ...

and the second generation of the personal robot. Ubiquitous robot (Ubibot) is a robot incorporating three components including virtual software

robot A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, co ...

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, real-world mobile robot and embedded sensor system in surroundings. Software robot within a

virtual world A virtual world (also called a virtual space or spaces) is a Computer simulation, computer-simulated environment which may be populated by many simultaneous users who can create a personal Avatar (computing), avatar and independently explore th ...

can control a real-world robot as a brain and interact with human beings. Researchers of KAIST, Korea describe these three components as a Sobot ( Software robot), Mobot (

Mobile robot A mobile robot is an automatic machine that is capable of locomotion.Hu, J.; Bhowmick, P.; Lanzon, A.,Group Coordinated Control of Networked Mobile Robots with Applications to Object Transportation IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 202 ...

), and Embot ( Embedded robot).

Related Technical literature

* Tae-Hun Kim, Seung-Hwan Choi, and Jong-Hwan Kim. "Incorporation of a Software Robot and a Mobile Robot Using a Middle Layer." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part C: Applications and Reviews, Vol. 37, No. 6, Nov. 2007. * Jong-Hwan Kim et al., "Ubiquitous Robot: A New Paradigm for Integrated Services", in Proc. of IEEE Int’l Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Rome, Italy, April 2007. * Jong-Hwan Kim, "Ubiquitous Robot: Recent Progress and Development", (Keynote Speech Paper) in SICE-ICASE International Joint Conference 2006, Busan, Korea, pp. I-25 - I-30, Oct. 2006. * Jong-Hwan Kim et al., "The 3rd Generation of Robotics: Ubiquitous Robot", (Keynote Speech Paper) in Proc. of the International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2004. * Jong-Hwan Kim, "Ubiquitous Robot", in ''Computational Intelligence, Theory and Applications'' (edited by B. Reusch), in Springer, pp. 451–459, 2004 (Keynote Speech Paper of the 8th Fuzzy Days International Conference, Dortmund, Germany, Sep. 2004). -Ubiquitous * Assistive technology Ambient intelligence * {{robotics-stub

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