RoboX [Expo.02]

Robox is a tour-guide robot which was developed for the Swiss national exhibition Expo 02.

This robot is produced by BlueBotics, a spin off of the EPFL Autonomous Systems Lab. FiveCo participated in the design and development of its interaction system :

  • Interface of speech synthesis
  • Interface with the domotics system
  • Face control system
  • Face tracking
  • Tactile buttons
  • Programming of scenarios
  • Led Matrix
  • Supervision system for each robot
  • System of motion tracking
  • Official Web page

Facts and figures about Robox:

  • Total budget : CHF 2 million
  • 18 months for developing the robot
  • operational during six months
  • 800,000 visitors during five months


Capacitive Tactile Buttons
Configuration interface


Face Tracking
Led Matrix (right eye)

 

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