Robotis Bioloid

The ROBOTIS BIOLOID is a hobbyist and educational robot kit produced by the 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 language based software solution.[1] The Bioloid system is thus comparable to the LEGO Mindstorms and VEXplorer kits.

Humanoid robot constructed using the Bioloid kit
Dog modelled in Webots using the Bioloid Kit

Types of ROBOTIS BIOLOID kits

There are multiple variations of the Bioloid kit:[2]

  • ROBOTIS Bioloid Beginner - includes parts and designs for 14 types of robots [Discontinued]
  • ROBOTIS Bioloid Comprehensive - includes parts and designs for 26 different robots [Discontinued]
  • ROBOTIS Bioloid Expert - designed for educational 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 types of robots
  • ROBOTIS Bioloid STEM Expansion - includes parts and designs for 9 types of robots [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 Plugins for Gazebo

ROBOTIS has TurtleBot3 plugins for the Gazebo Robotics simulator that will let you simulate 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.

YearCountryApplicationWork by
2007UKBioloid based Humanoid Soccer Robot Design[5] Joerg Wolf, University of Plymouth
2014IranBioloid used to teach children how to pray[6] Akbar Rezaie, schoolteacher
2014USAExtra Pair of Fingers[7]MIT
2016UnknownBioloid/Dynamixel planar biped robot, Matlab control - simple movements[8]deDasil

See also

References
  1. "Bioloid". Retrieved 2011-03-09.
  2. "Do-it-yourself Educational Robot Kit, which includes everything you need for making robots". ROBOTIS. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
  3. http://www.azonano.com/News.asp?NewsID=4498
  4. http://www.b-human.de/downloads/bhuman08_tdp.pdf
  5. https://www.swrtec.de/swrtec/publications/Plymouth-HuroSot-Robot-2007-camera-ready.pdf
  6. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/iranian-school-teacher-builds-robot-to-teach-children-prayers-9154038.html.
  7. https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/heres-that-extra-pair-of-robot-fingers-youve-always-wanted/
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dJ3MWhpFYM


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