The project focused on performing a feasibility study to evaluate the public's interest and comfort level with a tour guide robot, and on gaining information for guiding future development of the robot into a fully functioning and autonomous tour guide. Volunteers who had already completed a normal campus tour were guided on a tour route by a robot. The robot was controlled remotely by a student in a "wizard of oz" type trial without the knowledge of the tour participants. The volunteers filled out questionnaires pertaining to their thoughts and feelings regarding their tour experiences. - Overall, the participants were overwhelmingly pleased and enthusiastic about the robotic tours leading to the conclusion that robot guided tours are a feasible practice for the WPI campus.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• LeBlanc, Noah James

Subject

• Industry
• Innovation
• Culture
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-082412-141039

关键词

• Robotics

Advisor

• Fischer, Gregory S.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-08-24

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright