What is Cabot?

Cabot is an assistive robot designed to help visually impaired users navigate through a new environment. The user will use this suitcase-shaped robot to aid them in traversing new indoor environments.

How does it work?

The cyberphysical architecture is shown above. Lidar and Kinect are the main sensor used, and all the communication is done in ROS. Since it’s a robot specifically designed for the blind, we implemented turn-by-turn voice feedback, pedestrain warning as well as dial destination selection interface.

You always use the word “we”, what part do you do then?

Basically I made all the software for Cabot, which are all opensourced on Github. I’m not familiar with the driver system and the PCB design though.

Want more info?

Visit the official website for Cabot