The design and implementation of Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| author | Johnson, Collin Eugene |
| author2 | Cynthia Breazeal. |
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| description | Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/461642019-04-12T16:08:58Z The design and implementation of Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot Johnson, Collin Eugene Cynthia Breazeal. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-127). Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot, is a robotic tour-guide/tourist robot for parts of the MIT campus. Work on the robot began in January 2006, and for the past 31 months, I have devoted thousands of hours to designing, implementing, and testing the robot. This thesis describes the hardware and software systems created for the robot, performs an evaluation of the robot's functionality, and discusses the public's reactions to the robot when they encountered it driving through their world. As with any robotic system, the development of the Tourbot involved trial-and-error. A critique of some major design decisions that were made and how these decisions affected the development of the robot is performed. Suggestions for how the development process could have been improved based on lessons that I learned are then offered. by Collin Eugene Johnson. M.Eng. 2009-06-30T17:34:34Z 2009-06-30T17:34:34Z 2008 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46164 399853124 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 127 leaves application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Johnson, Collin Eugene The design and implementation of Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot |
| title | The design and implementation of Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot |
| title_full | The design and implementation of Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot |
| title_fullStr | The design and implementation of Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot |
| title_full_unstemmed | The design and implementation of Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot |
| title_short | The design and implementation of Alan Touring, the Campus Tourbot |
| title_sort | design and implementation of alan touring the campus tourbot |
| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46164 |
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