Open-source robot
"A robot is an autonomous machine capable of sensing its environment, carrying out computations to make decisions, and performing actions in the real world."<ref> IEEE. "What Is a Robot?" </ref>
A robot is "any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort, though it may not resemble human beings in appearance or perform functions in a humanlike manner."<ref> "Britannica: Robot". </ref>
Here at Open Circuits, we are most interested in open-source robotics. In particular, we are most interested in open designs for motor drivers and controller boards and all the other electronics that goes into a robot. We also find interesting open designs for rocker-bogie and other wheeled robot suspension arrangements, open designs for robot legs and arms and grippers, and open-source software intended to run on robot hardware as well as intended to be used to design improved robot hardware and electronics.
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Complete robots already mentioned on Open Circuits
- Odroid XU4 Weeding Spraying Robot
- Vehicles such as quadcopters and other Multi-rotor flying machines often technically qualify as a robot.
Robot components already mentioned on Open Circuits
Motors, batteries, and the stuff between them:
Sensors:
- Piezoelectric transducer often used for robot sonar.
Robot brains:
- Motherboards that run Linux are useful for robots that do any sort of visual processing or WiFi networking.
- Microcontrollers are useful for robots that balance or need any other sort of quick reflexes.
- Some robots use both.
- Arduino Links mentions a few robots
- 3D Printed Mechanisms
- Tulsa electronics club mentions robotics clubs
External links
- Electrical Engineering & Robotics Professor Dr. Carlotta A. Berry often discusses Open Source Hardware for robots in her blog https://www.noiresteminist.com/ and "Robotics for the Streets" videos https://www.youtube.com/@carlottaberry/videos
