The MuseBot Project: Robotics, Informatic, and Economics Strategies for Museums

The MuseBot project builds on the British “After Dark” experience, with the intention to move forward, expanding and enriching the experience of a museum visit. Some museums already have guides which, in the form of smartphones and using a Wi-Fi connection, automatically connect to a database that provide the visitor with considerable background information on what is being observed. Our project proposes a combination of the two experiences described above by means of a research itinerary focused on the use of robots to visit a museum when it is closed. This will allow a visitor connected to the robot through a home computer, tablet or smartphone, to control and “guide” the device through the museum rooms, framing and looking at the various works and obtaining a diversified view to which multiple media can be associate