The Turtle Bot Tour Guide
Designer/artist: Ayorkor Korsah
Year:
2015
Description:
This off-the-shelf Turtlebot is programmed to politely escort visitors of Ashesi University College around the campus on a tour.
It uses the Robot Operating System (ROS), and a navigation framework to load and stich together maps of the campus, and plan the requested journey.
About the designer:
Ashesi is a private, non-profit liberal arts university located in Ghana, whose mission is to ‘remake Africa’ through leadership
skills and ‘design thinking’, offering a distinct perspective on African problem solving. Ashesi Computer Science Department lead by Dr. Ayorkor Korsah, offers a range of undergraduate degrees in computer science and management information systems and hosts a range of a robotics programmes for high school students. www.ashesi.edu.gh
Image credit: Ashesi University
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