Receptionist Robot

Projects General Guidance
1

Hi all,

my name is Alessandro and I am looking for help to create a project : The goal is to create a small robot to receive guest in my office and drive in my room. is it possible? will it be easy to do?

thanks
Alessandro

2

Possible: yes.

Easy: no. Indoor navigation is difficult.

3

thanks for the reply. can you give me some start point?
or do you have any idea how can I resolve the problem?

thanks
Alessandro

4

Start with a pre-built or kit robot chassis. Don't waste time building your own.

Then look at what other people say about indoor navigation. A line-follower may be sufficient if you can paint a line on the floor.

5

Thanks a lot...
my goal is to create a chassis with a tablet where people can said my name and the robot drive in the office.

  1. chassis kit: any suggestion?
  2. Arduino : What type?
  3. indoor project? Is there any existing project that I can use?

thanks
Alessandro

6

Here's a good starter robit: https://www.pololu.com/product/975.
The Arduino is built in. Search the Pololu site or google around in general for example code. Try line following first.

7

Hi,

very nice!! Thanks. I will buy the "Pololu m3pi Robot with mbed Socket" Pololu m3pi Robot with mbed Socket.

8

If you have experience with the Cortex M3 processor, then that is a great choice - very capable and expandable. If not, the learning curve will be significantly steeper than the 328p model.

10

Hi All,

I created a road map for the project:

  1. The first step is to create a line follow robot: From the enter to my office
  2. The second step is to create a line follow with parameter: Input the number of office
  3. The third step is to drive and after come back at the start point
  4. Voice recognize: People said the number of office and drive at the office

Is it possible to do with ARDUINO, WIFI module, etc...

Thanks a lot
Alessandro

11

Get #1 working then come back and we'll talk about 2 & 3. #4 is a whole nuther thing.

12

thanks.... I will create a prototype and after I will come back....

Alessandro