Open-source robotics

Open-source robotics is a branch of robotics where robots are developed with open-source hardware and free and open-source software, publicly sharing blueprints, schematics, and source code. The term usually means that information about the hardware is easily discerned, so that others can make it from standard commodity components and tools. It is thus closely related to the open design movement, the maker movement[1] and open science.

An open source iCub robot mounted on a supporting frame. The robot is 104 cm high and weighs around 22 kg

Popularity

A first sign of the increasing popularity of building robots yourself can be found with the DIY community. What began with small competitions for remote operated vehicles (e.g. Robot combat), soon developed to the building of autonomous telepresence robots as Sparky and then true robots (being able to take decisions themselves) as the Open Automaton Project. Certain commercial companies now also produce kits for making simple robots.

A recurring problem in the community has been projects, especially on Kickstarter, promising to fully open-source their hardware and then reneging on this promise once funded, in order to profit from being the sole manufacturer and seller.

Applications

Popular applications to date include:

Examples
FarmBot

This is a non-exhaustive list of open source robots:

See also

References
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