TurtleBot3 - Behind Scenes
A ROBOTIS team member discusses TurtleBot3’s ROS foundations, embedded hardware, community projects and autonomous driving plans, including its collaboration with OSRF and launch at ICRA 2017 in Singapore.
In this talk
- 0:00
TurtleBot3 builds on ROS
The speaker describes working with ROS since 2011 and now leading its development. TurtleBot3 builds on the platform’s mapping and navigation capabilities, adding a manipulator and autonomous driving features.
- 1:33
Hardware supports hands-on development
The project combines application and hardware work, including OpenCR, an open-source control module for ROS. Sensors and actuators form the robot’s core, while the Arduino ecosystem offers learning materials; ROS runs on a computer to support system setup and practice.
- 3:25
Community projects and accessible autonomy
One team member discovered humanoid robots through a marathon and a weekly OROCA café, which led to joining ROBOTIS. Projects include a TurtleBot Friends road train, 3D mapping with TurtleBot’s LDS, and a following demonstration. The team also describes a low-cost autonomous robot concept using a Raspberry Pi camera, inspired by MIT’s Duckietown project.
- 5:00
Growing the autonomous driving platform
The speaker names BMW, Intel, NVIDIA and Qualcomm among companies becoming involved in ROS and autonomous driving. ROBOTIS aims to work with these partners on TurtleBot applications and eventually an autonomous driving platform. ROBOTIS and OSRF joined forces on a new TurtleBot version as ROS adoption grew and ROBOTIS’s DYNAMIXEL actuators sold well.
- 6:14
Expanding DYNAMIXEL and launching TurtleBot 3
ROBOTIS plans to adapt DYNAMIXEL technology for wheels as well as joints, broadening its use across robot types. The company frames TurtleBot 3 as a community effort and planned its official launch at ICRA 2017 in Singapore.
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