A. Bot

Team: Behrooz Tahanzadeh, Jingcheng Chen
Prof. A. Menges
Tutors: L. Nguyen, T.Schwinn, L. Vasey
Institute: ICD Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD)

Unexpected construction waste can cause incontinence and insecurity for the ongoing fabrication process. Our aim is to supervise the construction activities, detect constructional waste instantly, and collect the construction waste, with the help of distributed mobile robots.

During itech research pavilin
During itech research pavilin

Android Based Robotics

Pursuing the idea of the open-source and accessible device, we have chosen Android phone as the onboard computation unit for mobile robots. Having different sensors, different interfaces, communication protocols, and inexpensive devices makes Android a powerful platform for our investigation.