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On the occasion of the sneak preview of the new Grondstoffenstation — designed by Superuse for the Afrikaanderwijk Cooperative — during the Tweeduizend Meter Maaltijd on 20 September. We made two smaller versions of the Inzamelbot that navigate more easily in busy environments, ready for use at festivals and markets. The collection
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A standardised workshop kit housing designed and built by a team of IPO (Industrial Product Design) students.
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This post is written in Dutch. Below is an English translation added. Afgelopen Koningsdag hebben we een nieuw experiment gedaan met de Wijkbot, de prototype-kit van een stadsrobot waarmee we in de Afrikaanderwijk aan de slag zijn. Na afloop van het bezoek van de koning organiseerde de wijk een festival
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On King's Day we conducted a new experiment with the Wijkbot in the Afrikaanderwijk. After the King's visit, the neighbourhood organised a festival in the park. Using the Wijkbot, a Verzamelbot (Collection Robot) was built to help keep the festival grounds clean. The design and construction
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At the Smart & Social Fest, neighborhood robots were used as the basis for two workshops: a walk with 20 people and 1 Wijkbot from CMI op Zuid to the Afrikaanderplein, and a session at Stadslab where quick prototypes were built. Workshop: Walk with the Neighborhood Robot Small autonomous vehicles
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Friday 21 April, we will discuss the progress of the Wijkbot project in a workshop at Smart & Social Fest, organised by the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Next to the discussion workshop, it is possible to use the Wijkbot kit to create an urban robot! On Smart & Social
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This update was sent earlier in a slightly different form (and in Dutch) to the partners and participants in the LAB010 project. Read more on the backgrounds of this Cities of Things field lab project here. The Cities of Things Lab010 project has been running for a year now since
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A second group of Technical Informatics students developed a version of the Wijkbot that can navigate autonomously from point to point using sensors and positioning technology, while avoiding obstacles.
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The Wijkbot was also present at the ThingsCon unconference on 9 December 2022. Using the basic kit, visitors spontaneously created interventions — including in the café of the conference venue, the Nieuwe Instituut.
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The plan is for the Inzamelbot to collect leftover materials at the Afrikaandermarkt. We tested with a version of the Wijkbot carrying a stack of bread crates to see how market visitors respond. Market visitors don't bat an eye, and several engage with it. Even without any signage,
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At the end of October 2022, a special version of the Wijkbot appeared at Dutch Design Week. For the occasion, we gave the prototype the name Wijkbot and launched the special landing page wijkbot.nl. The Wijkbot was not only on display at the Design United stand, but also occasionally
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A group of Technical Informatics students worked on a first technical assignment for the Wijkbot: a self-driving version equipped with sensors to understand its surroundings. The group named their version Oberbot. The assignment began with studying the existing neighborhood robot and choosing which scenarios to investigate. The scenario explores what