In this project our three major disciplines– Computer Science (CS), Interactive Media and Game Development (IMGD), and Robotics Engineering (RBE)– worked together to create an engaging robot escape room experience. Participants join the game via a website, where they are informed that they are in an asteroid field on a spaceship, and that they must fix the ship in order to escape the field and save the crew. The player is given access to the camera feed from F.I.S.H., the repairbot, via the website interface, through which they must navigate F.I.S.H. to solve a series of puzzles using the keyboard as controls. This not only tasks the player to think critically, but also demands versatility from the robotics and puzzle elements in order to make this a fun playing experience. The website links the room and robot together to create a seamless experience for the player using MQTT, with the room keeping track of the player's progress in regards to the puzzles and how the robot has acted as the physical manipulator of the room thus far. The project examines the combination of real world robotics engineering and the fantastical world of game design, all connected by the digital world of computer science.

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Creator

• Clune, Nathan
• Lu, Liang
• Bell, Olivia
• O'Reilly, Grace
• DeHaemer, Lillie
• Sarrett, Zachary

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042523-163711
• 105026

Keyword

• Game
• IMGD
• Robotics
• CS
• Escape Room
• Game Design

Advisor

• Smith, Gillian Margaret
• Kagen, Melissa
• Calli, Berk

Year

• 2023

Date created

• 2023-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science
• Interactive Media & Game Development
• Robotics Engineering

Source

• E-project-042523-163711

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-22