Arash: A Humanoid Social Robot

Arash is a social companion robot for children with cancer. My focused research on the Arash project is utilizing SLAM techniques enable the robot to concurrently map the environment and localize itself in the map. I have also investigated augmenting the SLAM technique by a person-tracker module to achieve higher mapping and localization accuracies. In addition to this, I was the key person who was mainly in charge of Arash’s software development. I have developed some variety of different software packages from low-level control modules to high-level-control modules utilizing the ROS ecosystem. Personally, Arash is the most amazing project that I have ever contributed to with a great team. Furthermore, since Arash is devoted to helping children with cancer, I found it a lovely philanthropic project. We have also tested Arash in some hospital environments and investigated its acceptability and aliveness in a storytelling scenario.