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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.

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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.

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  • You can download the repo as a zip file and extract it into a folder of your choice.
  • You can clone the OpenBot repository from GitHub with the following command:
    git clone https://github.com/intel-isl/OpenBot.git
  • You can fork the OpenBot repository and then clone your local copy. This is recommended, especially if you want to contribute.

Contribute

Please read the contribution guidelines. If you are not sure where to start have a look at the open issues.

Contact

  • Join our Slack channel to connect with the OpenBot community.
  • Contact us via Email

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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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