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This site is intended to serve a resource for efforts in disseminating Open and Open Source mechanical and electrical hardware for robotic systems, with a particular focus on projects that may be useful in academic research and education. This temporary site will eventually be updated with content management capabilities for centrally hosting open hardware designs, as well as a discussion of "best practices" for ensuring that content creators best facilitate the implementation of their work by others through format standards and the creation of tutorials.

Links to external Projects and Resources

Grablab OpenHand - customizable, 3D-printed, adaptive robotic hand from Yale University

Takktile - inexpensive, sensitive tactile sensors based on MEMS barometers from Harvard University

Fab@Home - Open-source 3D-printer project begun at Cornell University

Aracna - 3D-printable legged robot from Cornell University

HapKit - single DOF high fidelity haptics device from Stanford University

Jasmine (SwarmRobot) - micro-robotics platform for swarm research. Originally from the University of Stuttgart

Kilobot - a small mobile robot platform for swarm research from Harvard University.

Fingertip Laser Sensor - a laser mouse sensor integrated for use as a fingertip sensor from University of Bremen.

TurtleBot - wheeled, Kinect-equipped, robotics platform built on the Kobuki mobile base

Veter - customizable, 3D-printed robotics vehicle for mobile research

OpenROV - robotic submersible for underwater exploration

Jasmine (SwarmRobot) - micro-robotics platform for swarm research. Originally from the University of Stuttgart

DARwIn-OP - miniature humanoid robot currently used in the RoboCup competition from Virginia Tech

NimbRo-OP - humanoid open robotics platform

iCub - humanoid robotics platform used for research in cognition and human-robot interaction

Pneuflex - pneumatically actuated, compliant robotic hand made from reinforced silicone rubber from TU Berlin