Dorm Dash is a dorm hall delivery robot designed for CSUF. The goal is to create an autonomous robot that can:

• Safely traverse a dorm hallway
• Avoid collisions with obstacles
• Deliver payloads to specific dorm rooms

This project explores robotics, embedded systems, and web-based interfaces for autonomous delivery in structured indoor environments.

• Autonomous navigation inside dorm halls
• Accurate delivery to designated dorm doors
• User-friendly interface for sending and tracking deliveries

• Wish: A door knocker or bell that activates when delivery is completed
• Prefer: A web-based interface for interacting with the robot
• Demand: Core delivery and navigation functionality

• Single-point LiDAR (for wall/obstacle avoidance)
• 6-DoF IMU for localization and orientation
• Aruco tags for precise docking and absolute position reference

• Raspberry Pi 5 (4GB RAM) running Ubuntu 22

Submission Request Queue

• Users enter:
  • Item description
  • Source dorm number
  • Destination dorm number
• Confirm → Robot travels to source location
• Robot waits for item to be placed → User confirms → Robot departs

Shipment Progress

• Real-time tracking with either:
  • Robot location on map
  • Distance to destination

• Mapping & Waypoints

  • Pre-mapped dorm hallways
  • Positional waypoints added for each dorm room

• Localization

  • IMU-based odometry
  • Aruco tags for absolute position correction

• Obstacle Avoidance

  • Single-point LiDAR for wall-following and obstacle detection

• Docking & Delivery

  • Aruco tags at dorm doors for final approach accuracy
  • Aruco tag at start location for global position reset

• Integration of a door-knocking/notification system
• Optimization of path planning for multi-delivery runs
• Expansion to multi-floor navigation with elevators

• Class: CSPC 362 – Project Design
• Project: Dorm Delivery Robot (Dorm Dash)
• University: California State University, Fullerton (CSUF)