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.
Versions
[edit]TurtleBot 1
[edit]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. The hardware mounting kit enables other sensors to be added afterwards.
TurtleBot 2
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TurtleBot 2 received numerous upgrades to its predecessor. A YUJIN Kobuki mobile serves as its base outfitted with a 2200 mAh battery. The Kinect sensor and Asus 1215N laptop are reused from the TurtleBot 1. Turtlebot 2's package included a fast charger to decrease time between deployments.
The TurtleBot 2 also features the a hardware mounting kit (similar to the previous generation) allowing for additional sensors to be added more easily as needed. The improvements to the TurtleBot 2 make it a more versatile starting point for prototyping and exploring robotics applications.
TurtleBot 3
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TurtleBot 3 has additional structural expansion capabilities due to the ROBOTIS’ modular structure along with the DYNAMIXEL.
TurtleBot 4
[edit]TurtleBot 4 is using an iRobot Create3 robot as a base with a compute and sensor package consisting of a Raspberry PI 4, a LiDAR Scanner, and a RGB-D camera.
Community
[edit]TurtleBot has been used in multi-robot research and human robot interaction research.[1] TurtleBot has also been used by universities teaching introductory robotics courses.[2][3][4]
Licensing
[edit]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.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Xiong, Chuantang; Zhang, Xu (2013). "An exclusive human-robot interaction method on the TurtleBot platform". 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO). pp. 1402–1407. doi:10.1109/robio.2013.6739662. ISBN 978-1-4799-2744-9. S2CID 15418346. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "University of South Carolina: CSCE574 Robotics". University of South Carolina. Archived from the original on 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ^ "Johns Hopkins University: ME530707". Johns Hopkins University. Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ^ "School of Engineering Students Leading Robotics Research at St. Thomas". University of St. Thomas.
- ^ "Become a TurtleBot Manufacturer or Distributor". Open Source Robotics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2017-06-10.