Pioneer 3
The Pioneer P3-DX is a robotic wheeled base designed for autonomous navigation. It's the world's most popular mobile research platform. Thousands of robots have been built on its back, literally.
- Creator
(Originally developed by MobileRobots, acquired by Omron Adept.)
- Year
- 1995
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Categories
- Features
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The Pioneer can be enhanced with everything from manipulator arms to speech synthesis and voice recognition systems.
History
MobileRobots was founded by Jeanne Dietsch in 1995 in Amherst, N.H. Focusing on research robots and automation services, it grew from a small startup into a global supplier of robot platforms. Its most successful product was the Pioneer line of mobile robots. Designed as a versatile system that was ready for deployment, Pioneer robots became a popular mobile base, used in research and corporate labs worldwide, as well as in college courses in robotics and computer science. MobileRobots was sold in 2010 to Adept Technology, now owned by Omron.
Specs
- Overview
Equipped with a rugged chassis and mounting platform with a 17 kg (37.5 lb) capacity. Optional 7-DOF robotic arm and 2-DOF gripper.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
1995
- Website
- Width
- 38 cm
- Height
- 24 cm
- Length
- 45 cm
- Weight
- 9 kg
- Speed
- 4.32 km/h
- Sensors
Cameras, wheel encoders, sonar, laser range finder, IMU, gyroscope, compass, bumper array, GPS.
- Actuators
Two or four motors
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 2
- Materials
Aluminum body, foam-filled rubber tires.
- Compute
Optional embedded computer
- Software
MobileRobots ARIA open source platform
- Power
Rechargeable battery, up to 30 hours of operation
- Cost
- $4,195 to $30,000 (depending on configuration)
