TurtleBot
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| Developer | Community |
|---|---|
| Written in | Various (Notably C++ and Python) |
| OS family | ROS |
| Working state | Current (TurtleBot 2) |
| Source model | open source, open source hardware |
| Initial release | 2011 |
| Marketing target | Personal robots, mobile robots |
| Default user interface | Many |
| License | BSD, OSHW Statement of Principles and Definition v1.0 |
TurtleBot is a personal robot kit with open source software. It was created at Willow Garage by Melonee Wise and Tully Foote in November 2010.[1]
The TurtleBot kit consists of a mobile base, a 3D Sensor, a laptop computer, and the TurtleBot mounting hardware kit. In addition to the kit, the TurtleBot SDK is available online.[2]
Versions
TurtleBot 1
TurtleBot 1 consists of an iRobot Create base, a 3000 mAh battery pack, a TurtleBot power board with gyro, a Kinect sensor, an Asus 1215N laptop with a dual core processor, and a hardware mounting kit attaching everything together and adding future sensors.
TurtleBot 2
TurtleBot 2 consists of an YUJIN Kobuki base, a 2200 mAh battery pack, a Kinect sensor, an Asus 1215N laptop with a dual core processor, fast charger, and a hardware mounting kit attaching everything together and adding future sensors.
TurtleBot 3
Turtlebot 3, announced and developed in collaboration with ROBOTIS and Open Source Robotics Foundation, is the smallest and cheapest of its generation.[3] It has outstanding structural expansion capability due to ROBOTIS’ renowned modular structure with the DYNAMIXEL.
TurtleBot 4
Turtlebot 4 is using a iRobot Create3 robot as a base with a compute and sensor package consisting of a Raspberry PI 4, a Lidar and a RGB-D camera.
Community
TurtleBot has been used by research labs for doing multi-robot research and human robot interaction research. Many universities are also using the TurtleBot to teach introductory robotics courses.[4][5][6]
Licensing
TurtleBot is a licensed trademark that is maintained by the Open Source Robotics Foundation. The Open Source Robotics Foundation licenses the use of the TurtleBot trademark for manufacturing and distributing TurtleBot branded products.[7]
References
- ^ "Interview: TurtleBot Inventors Tell Us Everything About the Robot". IEEE Spectrum.
- ^ "turtlebot". Open Source Robotics Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Robotis and OSRF Announce TurtleBot 3: Smaller, Cheaper, and Modular". IEEE Spectrum.
- ^ "University of South Carolina: CSCE574 Robotics". University of South Carolina.
- ^ "Johns Hopkins University: ME530707". Johns Hopkins University.
- ^ "School of Engineering Students Leading Robotics Research at St. Thomas". University of St. Thomas.
- ^ "Become a TurtleBot Manufacturer or Distributor". Open Source Robotics Foundation.