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OpenBot leverages smartphones as brains for low-cost robots. We have designed a small electric vehicle that costs about $50 and serves as a robot body. Our software stack for Android smartphones supports advanced robotics workloads such as person following and real-time autonomous navigation.

OpenBot: Turning Smartphones into Robots

OpenBot leverages smartphones as brains for low-cost robots. We have designed a small electric vehicle that costs about $50 and serves as a robot body. Our software stack for Android smartphones supports advanced robotics workloads such as person following and real-time autonomous navigation.

Getting started with OpenBot

• Build your own Robot Body
• Flash the Arduino Firmware
• Compile and run the Android App
• Train your own Driving Policy

Citation

Please cite our paper if you use OpenBot.

@article{openbot2020,
    author    = {Matthias M\"uller and Vladlen Koltun},
    title     = {{OpenBot}: Turning Smartphones into Robots},
    journal   = {arXiv:2008.10631},
    year      = {2020},
}

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