Robotis Bioloid
The Robotis Bioloid (stylized as ROBOTIS BIOLOID) is a hobbyist and educational robot kit produced by the South Korean robot manufacturer Robotis. The Bioloid platform consists of components and small, modular servomechanisms called the AX-12A Dynamixels, which can be used in a daisy-chained fashion to construct robots of various configurations, such as wheeled, legged, or humanoid robots. The Robot is programmed with RoboPlus, C (programming language) based software.[1] The Bioloid system is thus comparable to the Lego Mindstorms, and VEX Robotics VEXplorer kits.[citation needed]
Kit types
[edit | edit source]There are multiple variations of the Bioloid kit:[2]
- Robotis Bioloid Beginner – includes parts and designs for 14 robot types; discontinued
- Robotis Bioloid Comprehensive – includes parts and designs for 26 robot types; discontinued
- Robotis Bioloid Expert – designed for education or research use; discontinued[1]
- Robotis Bioloid Premium – upgraded and latest version of Bioloid Comprehensive Kit builds 29 different configurations
- Robotis Bioloid GP – intended for robot competitions
- Robotis Darwin-Mini Humanoid Robot – 3d printed shell allows infinite customization options
- Robotis Bioloid STEM Standard – includes parts and designs for 7 robot types
- Robotis Bioloid STEM Expansion – includes parts and designs for 9 robot types; requires purchase of STEM Standard
TurtleBot 3 and other platforms
[edit | edit source]Turtlebot 3, announced in 2016 and developed in collaboration with Robotis and the Open Source Robotics Foundation, is the smallest and cheapest of the TurtleBots.
Other Robotis platforms include: Robotis OP 2, Robotis Manipulator, and ThorMang3.
TB3 plug-ins for Gazebo
[edit | edit source]Robotis has TurtleBot3 plug-ins for the Gazebo robotics simulator that allow simulating a TB3 Burger, Waffle, or Waffle Pi.
Applications
[edit | edit source]The platform is currently in use by the U.S. Naval Academy in their mechanical engineering courses,[3] and is also popular in the RoboCup international robotics competition [4] and FIRA competition.
| Year | Country | Application | Work by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | UK | Bioloid based Humanoid Soccer Robot Design[5] | Joerg Wolf, University of Plymouth |
| 2014 | Iran | Bioloid used to teach children how to pray[6] | Akbar Rezaie, schoolteacher |
| 2014 | USA | Extra Pair of Fingers[7] | MIT |
| 2016 | Unknown | Bioloid/Dynamixel planar biped robot, MATLAB control - simple movements[8] | deDasil |
See also
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