Dustbot - Networked and Cooperating Robots for Urban Hygiene
About this project
About this project
Project information
Projekt Status
In progress 2006 - 2009
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The aim of the DustBot project was to design, develop, test and demonstrate a system to improve urban hygiene using a network of autonomous and cooperating robots, embedded in an Ambient Intelligence infrastructure. Dustbot is a STREP project funded by the European Union in the 6th ICT FP.
The robots developed in the DustBot project are used to carry out three key services: (1) door-to-door garbage collection (demanded by a registered user through SMS); (2) street cleaning and (3) monitoring of air pollutants.
The developed robots are able to move with a selectable level of autonomy to carry out their tasks in urban environment. This is achieved by using existing area maps, the input from on-board sensory systems and information from the Ambient Intelligence system.
Researchers
Researchers
Research Teams
Research Teams
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Collaborators
- Haute Ecole d'Ingenierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud,
- Hochschule für Technik + Architektur, Luzern,
- HW Communications Limited,
- Multidisciplinary Institute for Developments Researches and Applications (MIDRA),
- Robotech srl, Italy,
- ROBOTIKER Tecnalia,
- Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Italy,
- Synapsis,