Shutter the Robot Photographer
About
Shutter is a social robot designed and built by the Interactive Machines Group at Yale University. Shutter comprises a 4-degree of freedom robotic arm and a screen face that renders 2D eyes. Shutter is controlled with several open-source ROS packages.
In the past, the Interactive Machines Group has placed Shutter on a desktop for lab studies and classroom usage, and on a mobile cart to enable in-the-wild deployments. To build your own copy of Shutter, print all of the components in the Materials section, then follow the Build steps. You can find contact information on our Team page.
Work on Shutter was funded by NSF grants IIS-1924802 and IIS-2143109. The Interactive Machines Group also thanks the Yale Provost's Office for supporting the development of Shutter.
Publications
Shutter has been utilized as the robotic platform for several publications, including the following:
Build Your Own Shutter Robot
Gather Your Materials
Bill of MaterialsAssemble Your Robot
Install and Run the Software
Software Setup