E-2? - A robot for exhibitions

E-2? - A robot for exhibitions

Short Description:	A robot to make people come to a stand
Coordinator:	AndreaBonarini (andrea.bonarini@polimi.it)
Tutor:	AndreaBonarini (andrea.bonarini@polimi.it)
Collaborator:	DavideRizzi ()
Students:	FrancescoBalzani (francesco.balzani@mail.polimi.it), AntonioMicali (antonio88m@fastwebnet.it), ManuelMoroni (manuel.moroni@mail.polimi.it), MikhailVoronstov (mikhail.voronstov@mail.polimi.it), StefanoZaniboni (stefano1.zaniboni@mail.polimi.it), MarcoZanini (marco.zanini@mail.polimi.it), GiulioFiscella (giulio.fiscella@torrescalla.it)
Research Area:	Robotics
Research Topic:	Robot development
Start:	2009/07/27
End:	2010/12/31
Status:	Active

Aim of this project is the development of a robot that can operate autonomously at exhibitions and malls to attract people to a given location, by showing interesting behaviors.

The robot first exhibition has been at [Robotica 2009], within [HI-Tech Expo] at [Fiera di Milano], on November 23-25, 2009. Here, the robot had to go around in an area delimited by a white stripe and contact verbally and with gestures people entering the area, in order to attract them to the booth.

Davide Rizzi has implemented the hardware and control SW starting from a Janus base originally developed for [Robocup]

The robot body has been implemented in collaboration with [Pupazzia], who has designed and implemented the external part.

Maria Antonietta Di Gesu will focus on the development of the interaction for E-2?

Manuel Moroni and Antonio Micali are working on behaviors for E-2? for the HCI Lab Course at the master level.

Mikhail Voronstov, Stefano Zaniboni, and Marco Zanini are also working on behaviors for E-2? for the HCI Lab Course at the master level.

Giulio Fiscella and Federico Sem are working on making more robust the face detection system, for their BS Thesis to be discussed on July 2010.

Francesco Balzani has developed some behaviors, using MRT, as its IOL first level thesis discussed on February 22, 2010, Available from the discussion page.