Autonomous Social Distancing in Urban Environments Using a Quadruped Robot

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global challenge faced by people all over the world. Social distancing been proved to be an effective practice reduce spread of COVID-19. Against this backdrop, we propose that surveillance robots can not only monitor but also promote social distancing. Robots flexibly deployed and they take precautionary actions remind practicing In paper, introduce fully autonomous robot based on quadruped platform in complex urban environments. Specifically, achieve autonomy, mount multiple cameras three dimensional light detection ranging sensor (3D LiDAR) legged robot. The then uses onboard real-time system track nearby pedestrian groups. Next, crowd-aware navigation algorithm move freely highly dynamic scenarios. finally routing effectively using human-friendly verbal cues send suggestions over-crowded pedestrians. We demonstrate validate our operated autonomously conducting several experiments various