Abstract
The robot open source software community, in particular
ROS, drastically boosted robotics research. However, a centralized place
to exchange open hardware designs does not exist. Therefore we launched
the Robotic Open Platform (ROP). A place to share and discuss open
hardware designs. Among others it currently contains detailed descriptions
of Willow Garage's TurtleBot, the NimbRo-OP created by the University
of Bonn and the AMIGO robot of Tech United Eindhoven. Eventually,
ROP will contain a collection of aordable hardware components,
allowing researchers to focus on cutting-edge research on a particular
component instead of having to design the entire robot from scratch. As
an example of how the Robotic Open Platform is able to facilitate this
knowledge transfer, we introduce TURTLE-5k: A redesign of an existing
soccer robot by a consortium of our university and companies in the
wider Eindhoven area. Cooperating with industrial partners resulted in
a signicant cost reduction.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of RoboCup 2013, Symposium Papers and Team Description Papers, 26-30 June 2013, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |