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1		-==== Choosing the robot ====
2		-As described in [[objectives>>https://xwiki.ewi.tudelft.nl/xwiki/wiki/sce2022group02/view/Objectives/]], our goal is to give patients with dementia the autonomy and capability to take walks on their own, whenever they want. Three robots were made available to help us in achieving this goal: NAO, Pepper and MiRo. Our considerations are written below.
	1	+=== Robot choice ===
	2	+As described in [[objectives>>https://xwiki.ewi.tudelft.nl/xwiki/wiki/sce2022group02/view/Objectives/]], our goal is to give patients with dementia the autonomy and capability to take walks on their own, whenever they want. Three robots were made available to help us in achieving this goal: NAO, Pepper and MiRo. This section contains a description of our considerations in choosing a robot suitable for our objectives, after which we describe the capabilities of the chosen robot.
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4	4	Although [[Nao>>https://www.softbankrobotics.com/emea/en/nao]] is a cute, humanoid robot which could allow for nice interactions with our patients, it can only move by walking on its small robot legs. As our main goal is to facilitate walks, this robot did not seem suitable as its walking speed is low and it is likely to fall over with small bumps.
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10	10	[[Miro>>https://www.miro-e.com/robot]], on the other hand, is a small robot dog with wheels. We ultimately chose MiRo because it has all the necessary features to facilitate walks, without any downsides. Next to this, a dog is automatically associated with taking a walk. Also, the robot dog has dog like features, allowing it to respond to touch, make noises and move certain parts to resemble a dog. Its dog-like appearance and its ability to act like a dog will allow the dog to become a companion. By allowing the user to go on fun walks, responding to personalised voice commands and responding positively to the patients' touch, it will become a trusted friend. More information and research on why MiRo is suitable for our goal can be found in [[Robotic partner>>https://xwiki.ewi.tudelft.nl/xwiki/wiki/sce2022group02/view/Foundation/Human%20Factors/Robotic%20Partner/]]
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12		-==== What can the Miro do ====
13		-The MiRo is a small dog-like robot on two wheels. Due to MiRo having wheels, he can roll around on a non-black table and uncarpeted floors. He is able to move his ears to the side and to the front. He can wag his tail and move his tail up a little bit. MiRo has a lot of movement of his head, he can move his neck up and down and he can move his head left, right, up and down. MiRo can also blink fast and slow. Aside from movement, MiRo has some small lights on his back and face which can be controlled. MiRo can also make sounds when the amount of Hertz is defined.
	12	+==== MiRo's capabilities ====
	13	+The MiRo is a small dog-like robot that has two wheels, allowing him to drive around. Next to this, MiRo has multiple moveable parts. He is able to move his ears to the side and to the front, he can wag and move his tail up a little bit, and he can move his head. By combining neck movement and the tilting of his head, he can do a wide range of motion with his head. Additionally, MiRo can blink with his eyes.
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15		-MiRo has a couple of sensors, it has touch sensors on the head and body, Cliff sensors and proximity sensors.
	15	+Aside from movement, MiRo has some small lights on his back and face which can be controlled. MiRo can also make sounds when the amount of Hertz is defined.
	16	+Finally, MiRo has a couple of sensors. His eyes contain two cameras, allowing him to see and recognize coloured objects. He also has proximity sensors and cliff sensors that guard him against driving off edges, and finally, he has touch sensors spread across his head and body.
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17	17	==== Limitations of MiRo ====
18		-In this section, we will describe problems that we have encountered with MiRo and solutions to these problems.
	19	+Although these capabilities listed above seem promising, we experienced quite a lot of problems while working with MiRo. This section describes these problems and how we handled them.
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20	20	===Programming difficulties===
21	21	When using Mirocloud, there are two possibilities: the first one is blockly which is block-based programming, one can also convert that code to Python or just program Python.