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Design and Fabrication of a Social Robot, to Teach Water and Energy Consumption Scheme to Children

Nourbala, Amin | 2021

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 54342 (08)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Mechanical Engineering
  6. Advisor(s): Meghdari, Ali; Alemi, Minoo
  7. Abstract:
  8. Nowadays children’s toys and educational stuff, have been enhanced by technology and they have found capabilities like intelligence. It is obvious that after the period of using smart devices such as phones and tablets, robots and smart robotic tools will be popular. On the other hand, children are willing to use such smart devices. Social robots are smart ones that interact with humans and are not necessarily humanoid. One of the social robots applications is for educational purposes. Many studies have shown that teaching by means of robots has good effects on learning. For example robots have been used for educating autistic children. Moreover, robots have been used for rehabilitation and teaching various subjects. Here, a study entitled Designing and building a social robot for the mission of teaching water and energy consumption manner to children, is presented. This social robot is named Apo and is designed in a small size. It can do movements and also is equipped with interactive equipment like lcd, camera, microphone and speaker, that makes it capable of various educational functionalities. This robot weighs 2.66 kg and is 23 by 23 by 31.2 cm. In this study we have first developed the conceptual design of the robot. Then detailed design is discussed. After that designing electrical circuits and boards are covered. Finally, after constructing robot structure, software development of the robot is presented. The final product is a desktop robot, that can be operated by a general person through a graphical user interface
  9. Keywords:
  10. Social Robotics ; Human Robot Interaction (HRI) ; Cooperative Robot ; Educational Robotics ; Water Conservation ; Conceptual Design

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