Mobile Robot Control 2021 Group 2
Team
Soshala Weerathunge: 1563890
Shaun Boyteen Joseph: 1554972
Rishi Ramkannnan: 1537415
Markus Fuernkranz: 1585495
Yaodong Li: 1536532
Daiwei Fan: 1594516
Introduction
In situations where there is increased stress on hospital systems (in cases of pandemic for example), it is a common occurrence that hospital staff work overtime and are too few in number to meet the workload. In such cases, there is possibility of reduced quality of service that can be provided to the patients undergoing treatment. There are several ways to combat this problem. The most effective solution is to incorporate autonomous robots that can reliably perform those tasks which do not necessarily require the expertise of hospital staff such as doctors and nurses. This will free doctors and nurses to engage in more important work. The behavior of the PICO robot has been designed to perform the task of reliable point to point motion. The robot is able to move from any starting location to a desired target location while seamlessly avoiding obstacles and walls. This complex behavior of the robot is designed in two stages. In stage 1, the robot behavior is designed to tackle the obstacle room challenge, where the robot has to exit a room as fast as possible. This stage will form the foundation of the PICO behavior upon which additional capabilities are to be incorporated (in stage 2) to obtain the autonomous robot. In stage 2, additional capabilities such as obstacle detection, obstacle avoidance, target identification and many more are incorporated for the purpose of passing the Hospital Challenge. Completion of stage 2 will result in our finished product, PICO for Hospital applications.
Design Document
The proposed design for the escape room challenge is provided here. File:4SC020 Design proposal.pdf