Hardware our team has built.
Grouped by kind of device. Each one links to its case page, with what we built and, where we can publish it, the cost.
Mobile robots
- Swing-arm tracked robot: 4 units at $5,000 each, plus $10,000 development.
- Lidar line-following car: 10 units at $150 each, plus $5,000 development.
- ROS2 omnidirectional robot: A mecanum-wheel robot that maps rooms and navigates them on its own with ROS2.
- Large ROS inspection robot: A large autonomous patrol robot that maps a building and drives itself.
- Indoor delivery robot: A 200 kg cargo cart that follows you or drives by remote.
- Laser weeding robot: A remote-driven robot that aims a high-power laser array at weeds.
- Tracked gel blaster robot: A tracked robot with a remote-aimed turret that fires water-gel beads.
Legged and balancing robots
- Bionic hexapod robot: A six-legged walking robot with 18 servos, driven from a phone app.
- Small dynamic robot dog: A small 8-joint robot dog with its own programming tool for classrooms.
- Offline voice-controlled robot dog: A small four-legged robot that obeys spoken commands without internet.
- Offline voice-controlled quadruped: A small four-legged robot that obeys spoken commands with no internet.
- Wheel-legged self-balancing robot: A two-wheel balancing robot whose servo legs lift it over obstacles.
Competition robots
- RM competition robot: mecanum chassis: A modular aluminum competition robot base with a gimbal and CAN-controlled drive.
- RM competition robot: omni-wheel chassis: A fast-turning omni-wheel competition robot with a gimbal and full custom electronics.
- RM competition robot: swerve chassis: An agile competition robot with steerable wheels and a turret-style gimbal.
Underwater ROVs
- Flat-frame underwater ROV: A light, tethered underwater robot with a gripper for inspection and sampling.
- Underwater ROV, orange-shell build: An underwater robot with HD camera, depth sensing and a Linux main controller.
- Eight-thruster underwater ROV with arm: A tethered eight-thruster underwater robot with a gripper arm for inspection and sampling.
Drones
- F450 quadcopter platform: An open, GPS-equipped quadcopter for teaching, research and flight-algorithm work.
AI devices
- Desk AI companion: A desk character that shows what your AI coding agent is doing.
- AI voice companion: A pocket device you talk to; it answers by voice and on screen.
- PottedBaby AI smart planter: A planter add-on that senses the soil and lets the plant talk back.
Education kits
- GraftSense sensor module kit: Plug-and-play sensor modules and controller boards for classrooms and fast prototypes.
- ChengXiaoZhi youth maker kits: Six small sensor kits in acrylic cases for youth STEAM classes and gifts.
- Mecanum robot-arm car teaching kit: An Arduino robot car with gripper arm, handheld controller and 5-lesson course.
Instruments
- 24-channel logic analyzer: 15 units at $20 each, plus $800 development.
Lighting
- PixelSky AI pixel light board: An LED pixel board you draw on in a browser, with AI-made animations.
Consumer electronics
- Project Play: A compact music workstation with keys, sliders and a speaker, in engineering.