Qbo
Qbo is a small robot that users can assemble and program themselves. It is open source and can drive autonomously, track faces and objects, understand speech, and recognize itself in a mirror.
- Creator
- Year
- 2012
- Country
- Spain 🇪🇸
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Qbo can recognize itself in a mirror, and it is also clever enough to recognize when it's looking at another Qbo instead.
Specs
- Overview
Capable of navigating autonomously, recognizing and synthesizing speech, and tracking faces and objects. Has autonomous and teleoperation modes.
- Status
Unknown
- Year
2012
- Website
- Width
- 31.4 cm
- Height
- 45.6 cm
- Length
- 29.3 cm
- Weight
- 11 kg
- Speed
- 3.6 km/h
- Sensors
Three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer, one infrared distance sensor, two ultrasound obstacle sensors.
- Actuators
Two DC motors to power wheels, two servomotors for head movement, and two servomotors for eyebrow movement.
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 4 (Wheels: 2 DoF; Head: 2 DoF)
- Materials
Hard plastic exterior, metal chassis and bearings.
- Compute
Mini ITX motherboard with Intel Core i3, GPU, and Wi-Fi.
- Software
OpenQbo, a Linux-based OS with ROS integrated, and Qbo applications.
- Power
10-Ah lithium-iron-phosphate battery, 2.5 hours of operation
