@inproceedings{cc25fea00ab94dbc94ef4c326b2649b8,
title = "Plantcare: An investigation in practical ubiquitous systems",
abstract = "Ubiquitous computing is finally becoming a reality. However, there are many practical issues that stand in the way of mass acceptance. We have been investigating these practical concerns within the context of an autonomous application that takes care of houseplants using a sensor network and a mobile robot. We believe that emphasizing autonomy and thereby minimizing demands on users will help us address the many practical concerns that will arise not only in PlantCare but also in many other ubiquitous applications. In this paper, we discuss the technical challenges that we have encountered while trying to make PlantCare a reality and report on our experience in addressing these challenges.",
author = "Anthony LaMarca and Waylon Brunette and David Koizumi and Matthew Lease and Sigurdsson, {Stefan B.} and Kevin Sikorski and Dieter Fox and Gaetano Borriello",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002.; 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2002 ; Conference date: 29-09-2002 Through 01-10-2002",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-45809-3_25",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "316--332",
editor = "Gaetano Borriello and Gaetano Borriello and Holmquist, {Lars Erik}",
booktitle = "Ubiquitous Computing - 4th International Conference, UbiComp 2002, Proceedings",
}