frekabi/puzzlebot

This repository contains all the files required for the Puzzlebot

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Introduction

• Puzzlebot by Manchester Robotics is a platform for robotics and control systems development and education.

• Puzzlebot is a universal tool for robotics, to help others learn, create, and innovate their own robotic projects.

• The governing philosophy is that customers are motivated to learn robotics by the appeal of advanced features, which therefore offer far more value than over-simplified proxies with high cost, and limited utility

• The Puzzlebot is a cross-platform, open-source, plug-and play mobile robot.

  • Programed in different languages, catering to learner’s preferred starting languages.
  • Capable of accommodating 3rd party off-the-shelf components.

• The Puzzlebot was born as an answer to the concept of robotic democratization.

  • Keeping unit costs low and education available to everyone, thereby democratising access.

• Provides continuity from entry-level access to research-level functionality ensuring learners to focus on progressing skills rather than having to constantly switch between robotics platforms.

• The “brain” of Puzzlebot is the Hackerboard. The board acts as a robust computational node for Starter Kit components (e.g. motors) and a communication interface to external computing units (laptops, phones, NVIDIA Jetson Nano, etc.).

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General Information

WELCOME TO PUZZLEBOT! BEFORE YOU START MAKING ROBOTICS, YOU’LL NEED TO KNOW SOME BASIC FUNCTIONALITIES OF THE ROBOT.

• The Puzzlebot Kits contain all the neccessary components needed to quickly access meaningful robotics capabilities (i.e. a programmable, roaming robot)and provides a user-friendly platform for incorporating a wide range of advanced add-on feature sets.
• The Puzzlebot, is configured into four different types (Editions/Kits).
• Each kit has different capabilities and configurations, according to the user needs.
• The basic kit is called Hacker Kit the rest of the kits "grow" in complexity, always keeping Hacker Kit as a base.

Puzzlebot Learning Kits

Puzzlebot Hacker Edition

• The Puzzlebot Hacker Edition contains all the essential components needed to quickly access meaningful robotics capabilities and provides a user-friendly platform for incorporating a wide range of advanced add-on feature-sets.

Puzzlebot Laser Edition

• The Puzzlebot Laser Edition is an extension of the Puzzlebot Hacker Edition which encompasses the VL53L1X TOF (Time Of Flight) Laser Sensor and a 9g Servo Motor to provide of more autonomous capabilities such as obstacle avoidance, 2D mapping, etc.

Puzzlebot NVIDIA Jetson Edition

• The Puzzlebot NVIDIA JETSON® Edition is an extension of the Puzzlebot Hacker Edition encompassing an NVIDIA Jetson® CPU, and a Raspberry Pi® Camera . Combining the power of the Hacker Board and the NVIDIA JETSON Nano®, allows users to implement research-level, real-time algorithms such as AI & Computer Vision, SLAM and autonomous driving algorithms using ROS.

Puzzlebot NVIDIA Jetson LiDAR Edition

• The Puzzlebot NVIDIA JETSON® - Lidar Edition is another extension of the Puzzlebot Hacker Edition encompassing an NVIDIA Jetson® CPU, a Raspberry Pi® Camera and a LIDAR . This combination allows allows users to implement research-level, real-time algorithms such as AI & Computer Vision, obstacle avoidance and SLAM and autonomous driving algorithms using ROS.

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Declaration

At Manchester Robotics, we firmly believe that innovation is driven by change, and so we have made our mission to change the access to educational robotics. We hope you enjoy our products and support this revolution.

So, from the team at MCR2, we would like to say

                                                      Thank you!
                                               {Learn, Create, Innovate};

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