Butler Robot:
Overview:
Ever wanted a butler robot that talks to you, follows you around, and even carry your luggage? As the name suggests the butler robot acts as a butler. The main target of making this robot was to help the old age and handicapped people of the society. The robot would serve these people in their daily activities will be like life companion to them. Bot has the ability to navigate the floor of our house while avoiding obstacles delivering you things when you need them.
Insight:
The butler bot works on Robot Operating System (ROS).The robot is steered using an android app. The butler is actuated using the means of specially designed structure that includes power screw and Omni wheels. The robot can supervise different localities using its teleprescence attribute. This robot is a test bed for algorithms ,software and other technology that will enable robots to perform challenging manipulation and tasks such SLAM(simultaneous localisation and mapping),gaming simulation and other control applications such as voice recognition and following a person which is called the follow-me attribute. We are using kinect sensor to recognise you and detect hand gestures and work accordingly. By using on board Pico projector the butler bot can project on the walls of your home. This make butler bot a great source of entertainment it’s like having a computer with you every time and you can access internet, watch movies, photos and lot more ….
This has been demonstrated in the video below:-
