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Florian Nothdurft

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AAAI Conference 2015 Conference Paper

A Planning-Based Assistance System for Setting Up a Home Theater

Pascal Bercher
Felix Richter
Thilo Hörnle
Thomas Geier
Daniel Höller
Gregor Behnke
Florian Nothdurft
Frank Honold

Modern technical devices are often too complex for many users to be able to use them to their full extent. Based on planning technology, we are able to provide advanced user assistance for operating technical devices. We present a system that assists a human user in setting up a complex home theater consisting of several HiFi devices. For a human user, the task is rather challenging due to a large number of different ports of the devices and the variety of available cables. The system supports the user by giving detailed instructions how to assemble the theater. Its performance is based on advanced user-centered planning capabilities including the generation, repair, and explanation of plans.

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IJCAI Conference 2015 Conference Paper

Coherence Across Components in Cognitive Systems - One Ontology to Rule Them All

Gregor Behnke
Denis Ponomaryov
Marvin Schiller
Pascal Bercher
Florian Nothdurft
Birte Glimm
Susanne Biundo

The integration of the various specialized components of cognitive systems poses a challenge, in particular for those architectures that combine planning, inference, and human-computer interaction (HCI). An approach is presented that exploits a single source of common knowledge contained in an ontology. Based upon the knowledge contained in it, specialized domain models for the cognitive systems’ components can be generated automatically. Our integration targets planning in the form of hierarchical planning, being well-suited for HCI as it mimics planning done by humans. We show how the hierarchical structures of such planning domains can be (partially) inferred from declarative background knowledge. The same ontology furnishes the structure of the interaction between the cognitive system and the user. First, explanations of plans presented to users are enhanced by ontology explanations. Second, a dialog domain is created from the ontology coherent with the planning domain. We demonstrate the application of our technique in a fitness training scenario.

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ICAPS Conference 2014 Conference Paper

Plan, Repair, Execute, Explain - How Planning Helps to Assemble your Home Theater

Pascal Bercher
Susanne Biundo
Thomas Geier
Thilo Hoernle
Florian Nothdurft
Felix Richter 0001
Bernd Schattenberg

In various social, work-related, or educational contexts, an increasing demand for intelligent assistance systems can be observed. In this paper, we present a domain-independent approach that combines a number of planning and interaction components to realize advanced user assistance. Based on a hybrid planning formalism, the components provide facilities including the generation, execution, and repair as well as the presentation and explanation of plans. We demonstrate the feasibility of our approach by means of a system that aims to assist users in the assembly of their home theater. An empirical evaluation shows the benefit of such a supportive system, in particular for persons with a lack of domain expertise.

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