Inspiration
Part of our team regularly volunteers at a caring home. Those experiences showed them how challenging it often is for older people to access technology. These technologies offer a great improvement in flexibility as well as general standards of living. Enabling people to access technologies that they have previously been excluded from is as such a key motivator.
What it does
The robot uses the GPS of a phone and a destination to find the best route to that location. It then slowly guides a person there.
How we built it
We have utilised google Maps APIs as well as the GPS of a android phone to make this possible. The robot was based on the design of a ftc robot.
Challenges we ran into
USB communication was an unexpectedly large challenge. USB is a modern communication protocol with many implementation steps .
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Ease of use as well as successful USB communication between robot and android device
What we learned
Fundamentals of route planing and usb
What's next for Robo-Service Dog
Refining product alongside better user interface(e.g speech input for destination and speaker to say directions out loud)
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