Thirsty Rovio – Autonomous Mini-Keg Locating Robot

Vision and planning are two critical and evolving fields in the field of robotics. This project seeks to implement planning, vision, and classification algorithms in the context of locating a Heineken minikeg with an unknown environment. The algorithms will be implented on the WowWee Rovio commerical robot platform. The environment was restricted to spaces such as hallways where the predominant direction of motion is apparent. The types and arrangement of obstacles remains unknown and must be avoided as the robot navigates in search of the mini-keg.