In Ghana and other sub-Saharan countries access to robotics is extremely limited by the lack of materials and the cost of imports. The AFIA team developed a robot made mostly out of materials readily available in Ghana in the hopes that future designs like this can help make robotics more accessible. The robot is a multipurpose robotic platform designed to travel on poorly maintained dirt roads that are common in remote areas around the world and allows for the addition of sensors to fulfill the needs of the user. The goal of this project was to create an affordable, sustainable, multipurpose robotic mobile base to expand the availability of robotic technology.

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Creator

• Throlson, Megan S.
• Preil, Zahava C.
• Finken, Emilie C.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 22261
• E-project-050521-135511

Keyword

• Rocker
• Alternate Materials
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Robotics
• All Terrain

Advisor

• Miller, Bradley A.
• Stafford, Kenneth A.

Year

• 2021

Date created

• 2021-05-05

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Robotics Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright