The Robotic Open Platform Jesse Scholtes Robotics project manager Eindhoven University of Technology Platform Manager RoboNED – Dutch foundation for robotic developments European Robotics Forum 2015 www.roboticopenplatform.org 27-3-2015 Slide 0 Ideology • Robotic Open Platform: a central platform for exchanging open hardware designs • Wiki: each robot is presented on an embedded wiki page including: − a description of the robot including figures & videos − link to design files repository including CAD designs, electrical schemes & parts lists (hardware-equivalent of source code) − link to software & firmware repository required to operate the robot • Open-source hardware: ROP users are free to use & further develop robotic designs • Q&A: ROP users/contributors can ask for assistance from the robotics community • Intention: accelerate development by reducing start-up efforts of new robotic projects • Outlook: modular designs & standardized compatible electro-mechanical interfaces European Robotics Forum 2015 www.roboticopenplatform.org 27-3-2015 Slide 1 Current status • 6 robots are currently available on ROP: AMIGO TURTLE TURTLE-5k TurtleBot Tymio II NimbRo-OP • TURTLE-5k: knowledge exchange between industry and the RoboCup community European Robotics Forum 2015 www.roboticopenplatform.org 27-3-2015 Slide 2 Call for contributions WE WANT YOUR ROBOT DESIGN! ON THE ROBOTIC OPEN PLATFORM • Essentials: description, BOM, CAD designs, electrical schemes, software & licensing • Getting started: a contribution manual was written to facilitate contributing to ROP • Contact: please feel free to contact the ROP webmaster via e-mail: [email protected] European Robotics Forum 2015 www.roboticopenplatform.org 27-3-2015 Slide 3 www.roboticopenplatform.org [email protected] European Robotics Forum 2015 www.roboticopenplatform.org 27-3-2015 Slide 4