Developing an identity recognition low-cost home service robot based on turtlebot and ROS

Aging population and disabled assistance have become serious social problems these years. However, it is impossible to make sure that every old people has a caregiver. Therefore, the home service robot is a good method to mitigate these issues. Although current robotic technology is mature, service robots with advanced functions are very expensive. In this paper, we developed an identity recognition low-cost home service robot based on Turtlebot and Robot Operating System (ROS). In order to verify the performance of the service robot, we designed a series of experiments in a simulated home environment. The average successful rates of the designed experiments were all above 90%. The results confirmed that the low-cost service robot satisfied our design target.