If you want an easy project to complete in a day or so, or something to introduce kids to the world of robots and electronics, make this light-following robot your weekend project.

When it was paired with a human player that it was supposed to empower as well as itself, we observed that the virtual robot would keep a certain distance so as not to block the human’s movement.

Creating your own human-following robot using a Kinect and Raspberry Pi involves several steps, but the detailed instructions provided by Team Turtle Rover make the process manageable.

It led to behavior where it could take the lead or follow. For example, we also created a scenario where we had a laser barrier that would be harmful for the human, but not harmful for the robot. If ...

The robot learned entirely free of human demonstrations and also thanks to its accumulation of 100 years' worth of experience in a short amount of time.