Improved Navigation for Social Robots Through Process Offloading

Maryam Kameli, Thomas Zurales, Arshia Khan

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Abstract

The aging population warrants new mechanisms to help care for the elderly. Robotics is one such mechanism that requires the robots to navigate to the residents. Pepper robot is used in nursing homes to navigate to the residents. The sensors that help Pepper navigate are less than par in helping Pepper navigate to the residents. To help Pepper map the nursing home for navigation we equipped it with a LiDAR detector and an NVIDIA Nano. This paper discusses the design and the enhancements to Pepper to help navigate. Limitations and struggles will also be shared along with some use cases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1743-1748
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798350320282
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2022 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: Dec 14 2022Dec 16 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2022

Conference

Conference2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period12/14/2212/16/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.

Keywords

  • LiDAR
  • Mapping
  • Navigation
  • NVIDIA Jetson Nano
  • Pepper robot
  • Robot Navigation
  • Robotics
  • ROS

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