Moscow Poly students develop an anthropomorphic service client robot-promoter in the terms of the DRUID project.
The leader of the project is Andrei Nedov, a 4th year student of the IT-faculty (“Cyber-physical Systems” educational program).
Alisa Gorbunova, (Transport Faculty, “Industrial Design” educational program), Denis Pakhomov (IT-faculty), Ilya Nikiforov (IT-faculty) and Alexei Abakhtimov (IT-faculty) are also participating in the robot development in the terms of Project Activity.
DRUID is a graduation work of the project leader, whose academic advisor is Timur Idiatullov (the Head of “Cyber-physical Systems” educational program).
The work on the project will take 2 semesters and is being conducted from academic year 2020.
The release id planned for July 2021 and for now the robot is 75% complete.
Currently students assemble the robot and develop its software.
В конечном результате перед роботом будет стоять задача взаимодействия с клиентами в различных социальных пространствах, таких как отели, аэропорты, бизнес-центры, учебные заведения, торговые центры.
DRUID robot is able to:
—safely move in crowded spaces on its own;
—recognize clients and chat with them;
— chat via Telegram.
