TurtleBot

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.

TurtleBot
DeveloperCommunity
Written inVarious (Notably C++ and Python)
OS familyROS
Working stateCurrent (TurtleBot 2)
Source modelopen source, open source hardware
Initial release2011 (2011)
Marketing targetPersonal robots, mobile robots
Default
user interface		Many
LicenseBSD, OSHW Statement of Principles and Definition v1.0

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
A TurtleBot 2

TurtleBot 2 packs powerful capabilities into one integrated system. At its core sits a YUJIN Kobuki mobile base, outfitted with a robust 2200 mAh battery for extended operation. Sensing comes from a versatile Kinect sensor, while an Asus 1215N laptop provides a dual core processor to handle computation. The included fast charger replenishes the system quickly between deployments.

Bringing everything together, a custom hardware mounting kit attaches the sensors, laptop, and battery securely to the Kobuki base. This unified assembly enables TurtleBot 2 to operate as a flexible mobile robotics research platform, ready to be customized with additional sensors as needed. The all-in-one design makes TurtleBot 2 a versatile starting point for prototyping and exploring cutting-edge robotics applications.

TurtleBot 3
A Turtlebot 3

TurtleBot 3 has structural expansion capability due to ROBOTIS’ 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 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

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
  1. 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.
  2. "University of South Carolina: CSCE574 Robotics". University of South Carolina.
  3. "Johns Hopkins University: ME530707". Johns Hopkins University.
  4. "School of Engineering Students Leading Robotics Research at St. Thomas". University of St. Thomas.
  5. "Become a TurtleBot Manufacturer or Distributor". Open Source Robotics Foundation.
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