Experiences with a museum robot

Abstract

In this paper we will present Eldi, a mobile robot that has been in daily operation at the Elder Museum of Science and Technology at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria since last December. This is an ongoing Project that waS organized in three different stages of which only theb first one has been accomplished. The initial phase, termed “Then Player”, the second stage, actually under development, has been called “The Cicerone” and in a final phase, termed “The Vagabond”, Eldi will be allowed to move erratically across the Museum. This paper will focus on the accomplished first stage to succinctly describe the physical robot and the environment and demos developed. Finally we will summarize some important lessons learnt.