It isn’t every day that we as a robot how to get to one place or another, or listen to an excursion from an “electronic person” who knows absolutely everything about places and objects.
The idea of creating a robot tour guide began about a year ago. Before the developers, Research and Production Enterprise Academic Engineering Pro, stood the task of forming a virtual face for SUSU which could be present at events and exhibitions.
After some time, it became possible to realize the electronic tour guide project in populated spaces such as universities, museums, exhibits, and shopping centers. The tour guide attracts people by its ease. Beyond that, it can be used by people with limited abilities, the visually and hearing impaired, and those who speak different languages.
“In December of 2015 we presented our work at the Moscow exhibition UniversityIndustryExpo. At that time our robot was remote-operated, but by march of 2016 we almost finished implementing an autonomous control mode,” says assistant director of the department of CNC Workstations and Robotics, Aleksey Sirotkin, “People approach the robot and ask where one object or another is located, and receive two options in response: an image of a map, or escort to their destination.”
A programmed map of the area allows for any kind of excursion to be held. It all depends on the event.
The robot has voice and sensor control, and in the learning mode it can build a 3D map on its own.
If the robot doesn’t know the answer to a question it searches for the necessary information immediately on the internet, displaying the needed page on its screen.
Location reference allows for any attendee to be led to the place which is of interest to them, and an interactive display shows photo and video materials.
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Watch a clip about this robot (Radio and Television company, SUSU-TV)