Saturday, December 18, 2010

ECE 4180 Embedded Systems Design Fall 2010


Seeing i-Robot


Pavel Rybakov

Sowmiya Sivanandham

Varun Krishnamurthy



INTRODUCTION

Seeing i-Robot is a prototype robot that can replace a seeing-eye animal. In order to simulate a guide dog, Seeing - i- robot has a suite of sensors to detect various danger conditions in a world consisting of a sidewalk and crosswalk.By using sensors specifically chosen to interactwith a sidewalk and street environment, it can navigate safely while leading a human partner.


VIDEO

A brief video of how the robot works is shown below :