We aim to design and simulate a semi-autonomous robot that will help people do their shopping without having to bother with a shopping cart.
If you want to know more about this project keep reading.
This product can help ease the shopping for people that simply don't want to carry a cart around or older people. FollowYolo can also benefit the supermarket since new tech always draws attention, attention that can be converted into revenue.
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Using Augmented Reality we can make the robot follow the user around the market with a printed ARTag.
Also, with the help of our SLAM functionality, the robot is obstacle-aware and will take precautions to avoid collision.
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The robot will be displayed as a service and therefore will be paid for as a rental (we will NOT implement any kind of real financial transactions). With a simple smart phone application, the user can sign up, login, rent and create a shopping list.
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Images merely illustrative.
Also, you don't need to worry about taking the robot back to it's bay. It will go by itself without any stress.
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The major components of the system used to achieve our goal are depicted on this diagram:
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