Robotics is a fast growing industry that is used in everyday life. One of the most popular is intelligent mobile robots that are used for basic conventional use. The purpose of this project is to use the Turtlebot 2 to map and navigate its environment, while avoiding obstacles. Also to incorporate human machine interaction by using gesture control. This report details the research, setup, and programming process of the robot.

• 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

• Salimi, Parham
• McDonald, Shamiah Dominique

Contributors

• Zhou, JianQiang
• Yuan, Yue
• Qian, Zhiting

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-012115-103918

Advisor

• Rong, Yiming
• Huang, Xinming

Year

• 2014

Center

• Wuhan, China Project Center - MQP

Sponsor

• Shanghai University

Date created

• 2014-01-21

Location

• Wuhan

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright