Autonomous Waiter Robot | AI Pathfinding Solution

Designed an autonomous waiter robot system that reduces delivery time by 35% and energy consumption by 40% compared to random path selection.

Component	Description
Performance	Minimize delivery time and energy consumption
Environment	Restaurant floor with tables, obstacles, and dynamic customers
Actuators	Wheels, serving tray, display screen
Sensors	LIDAR, RFID table tags, obstacle detection

Adaptive Heuristics: Developed custom heuristic function accounting for both distance and energy consumption
Dynamic Replanning: Implemented real-time path adjustment for moving obstacles
Visual Simulation: Built interactive GUI to demonstrate algorithm effectiveness

Academic project demonstrating strong algorithmic thinking and autonomous system design