The future robots are expected to work in a shared physical space with humans [1]; however,
the presence of humans leads to a dynamic environment that is challenging for mobile …

Sound source localization on a mobile robot can be a difficult task due to a variety of
problems inherent to a real environment, including robot ego-noise, echoes, and the …

In this work, we describe an autonomous mobile robotic system for finding and investigating
ambient noise sources in the environment. Motivated by the large negative effect of ambient …

Effective communication with a mobile robot using speech is a difficult problem even when
you can control the auditory scene. Robot ego-noise, echoes, and human interference are …

This article introduces simple, information-feedback plans that guide a robot through an
unknown obstacle course using the sensed information from a single intensity source. The …

This paper presents a two-step framework for creating the three-dimensional (3-D) sound
map of an environment with a mobile robot. The first step is the creation of a map that …

This paper presents the use of auditory occupancy grids (AOGs) for mapping of a mobile
robot's acoustic environment. An AOG is a probabilistic map of sound source locations built …

Sound source localization is the ability to successfully understand the bearing and distance
of a sound in space. The challenge of sound source localization has been a major are of …

With the growth of successes in pattern recognition and signal processing, mobile robot
applications today are increasingly equipping their hardware with microphones to improve …

In this short paper, we introduce the concept of “auditory perspective taking” and discuss its
nature and utility in aural interactions between people. We then go on to describe an …