I wasn't sure where I should post this, but this seemed an ok place......
So I've recently been informed that this summer, as part of my research project, I need to do one of three things--
1) Design, build, and engineer a new robot that has never been created before that would somehow be helpful to the world (either on a small or large scale--it really doesn't matter though)
2) Take a robot that is (somewhat) widely used and build onto it to make it better
3) Take a current (somewhat) well known robot and apply it to something it has never been used for before
I need your ideas and suggestions for robots you think should be built!! All suggestions are greatly appreciated!! To get into the details of why I'm doing this, I'll explain below--
This will be for my Authentic Science Research project (for the Intel Talent Search) which I will need to write an paper on and submit next fall. My mentor told me two days ago that she wants me to come up with a research idea that I'd be able to complete. But I need your help! I'm a little low on brain juice, so I need inspiration and ideas from you all!! Every idea is helpful!!!
If this plan actually works out and I do one of the above 3 things from now until the fall, I will happily put your name in my acknowledgments section of my research paper, and (if I build a new robot) I will some how get your name printed somewhere visible on the bot. I know the reward is not that intriguing, but its something!
Thank you all so much and I hope to hear from you soon!!!
In contrario of other comments, I will suggest a robot, without criticism your demand, you need help, I can, I do.
You can design, build and engineering a robot that can follow you in the store and carry your shopping unstead a pushing the stupid caddy inside and outside !
Thanks for the ideas!!! As I progress in my research, I’ll keep you all updated. I’ve obtained an idea to make a robotic doctors assistant that does all of the preparation of a patient that a doctor normally would do before examining a patient. would save the doctor a lot of time. The robot would take the weight, hieght, heart rate, blood pressure, etc of the patient, then on a little screen would ask them a few questions like “is there anything that is currently concerning you?” as would a doctor ask. it would also take the patients finger print and save it all in a file. How does that sound?
Medical assistant sounds like a good area to explore. You should definitely research carefully and come up with something that is unique. This will be a challenging project. You could put in a lot of work just to have your project be judged as not “new” enough. So do your homework for sure.
Here’s one RoboDoc that an LMR member created to measure heartrate. It sounds like your project would be much more comprehensive, taking multiple measurements and interfacing into an information system for data storage.
Don’t ignore the social aspect of this project. You are dealing with a person in a doctor’s office. Your robot must not be intimidating or off-putting in any way.
