Our project is a robot inspired by R2D2. It will be able to follow 2 distinct modes, an autonomous one and another manual mode in which it will be controlled by us using a controller. We thought of adding multiple features on the autonomous mode of our robot such as following a person and avoiding obstacles. Its main function would be to assist people by displaying information on a screen.
In order to do all that, we thought of many ways to do it.
For the robot to follow people (autonomous mode), we thought of using a sound wave emitter shaped into something like a gadget (a lightsaber maybe) that the user will carry, and receptors would be attached to our robot for it to detect the sound emitted so that it can follow its user. (just like a sonar). We also thought of using a Pixy camera in order for the robot to follow people when detecting a specific color.
Additional features : - a microphone for it to detect our voice
sound emitters to reproduce the droid’s sound effects