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.
Kit types
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
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
Robotis has TurtleBot3 plug-ins for the Gazebo robotics simulator that allow simulating a TB3 Burger, Waffle, or Waffle Pi.
Applications
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.
See also
- TurtleBot
- DARwIn-OP now known as Robotis OP2
References
- Bioloid retrieved 2011-03-09^
- Do-it-yourself Educational Robot Kit, which includes everything you need for making robots Robotis, retrieved 2011-03-09^
- US Navy Academy to Acquire 50 Robotis Bioloid Humanoid Robot Kits from KumoTek 19 July 2007^