Robotic Waiter

1. Locomotion

1.1. Active Split Offset Castor Wheels

1.2. Dual Castors

1.3. Power Castor

1.4. Omniwheels

2. Misc.

2.1. Wireless Charging

2.2. Docking System

2.3. Taking Orders

3. Design methodologies

3.1. Customer's need

3.1.1. Efficient

3.1.2. Hassle free

3.1.3. Warm food/cold food

3.1.4. Will avoid children and babies/obstacles (SAFETY)

3.2. Buyer's needs

3.2.1. (Relatively) Low cost

3.2.2. Cool factor?

3.2.3. Easy to maintain (cleaning)

3.2.4. EASY USER INTERFACE/Easy integration with POS system

4. Motion Planning

4.1. Hardware

4.1.1. LIDAR

4.1.2. Stargazer

4.1.3. Rails/Tracks

4.1.4. Line Tracking

4.2. Software

4.2.1. ROS

4.2.2. LABView

4.3. Obstacle Detection and Avoidance

4.3.1. Idea 3

5. Food Handling

5.1. Robotic Arm

5.2. Sliding Mechanism

5.3. Self-Service

5.4. Table Marker

5.5. RFID readers