What it does: Our Project revolves around the idea of a humanoid robot that fills in for the current lack of nurses in the healthcare system. The robot, named Suzanne, intends to select any tools necessary and be able to sterilize them as per requirement, and has an AI Interface and auditory recognition that allows it to recognize and select any tools required when requested by the doctors. The presence of a built in camera at the eyes also allows correct recognition of the instruments asked for by the user. Suzanne has the features to sterilize and store these instruments as per needed whenever, and has two wheels at the bottom for balance and mobility of the robot across the room.
How we built it: Individual parts of the body were made simultaneously by members of the team on blender and then linked and put together to complete the final project.
Challenges we ran into: Mobilising and Functioning of the arm while using blender on a MacBook was an unexpected difficulty we had along with the transferring of files from one device to another. At the end of the project, during rendering, the one of the arms seem to have gone completely out of control and had detached from the main bot itself. Since it was all of our first times using blender, we all took some time in adjusting to the functions and features of blender on different models and devices.
Accomplishments that we're proud of: We had initially participated in this competition just to have fun, and learn how to use Blender, and we are proud to have atleast successfully made a draft of what we had planned and sketched out.
What we learned: We've learnt more about the intricacies about 3D Modelling and now have a brief idea of how Hackathons work, the process of submission and presenting a project at the end of a competition.
What's next for Suzanne the Nurse practitioner: We plan on working on this project and refining it with practice over time since this project was rushed and made by us when we were inexperienced and trying blender for the first time.
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