{"id":156,"date":"2024-04-04T05:02:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/robotont\/robotont\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:46:00","slug":"robotont","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robotont.ut.ee\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotont"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Robotont?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Robotont is open-source platform for robotics education and research.<\/strong> It is an omnidirectional mobile robot with <a title=\"\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.ros.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ros.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROS (Robot Operating System)<\/a> support. Development of robotont is coordinated by the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"table table-hover\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9 mb-3\"><div class=\"video-placeholder-wrapper video-placeholder-wrapper--16x9\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"video-placeholder d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"overlay text-white p-2 w-100 text-center d-block justify-content-center align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t            <div>To view third-party content, please accept cookies.<\/div>\n\t\t\t            <button class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-sm mt-1 consent-change\">Change consent<\/button>\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9 mb-3\"><div class=\"video-placeholder-wrapper video-placeholder-wrapper--16x9\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"video-placeholder d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"overlay text-white p-2 w-100 text-center d-block justify-content-center align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t            <div>To view third-party content, please accept cookies.<\/div>\n\t\t\t            <button class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-sm mt-1 consent-change\">Change consent<\/button>\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Robotont<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone can use Robotont bacause of all the technical blueprints and software are publicly available in our <a data-url=\"https:\/\/github.com\/robotont\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/robotont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GitHub<\/a>. Robotont hardware platform is distributed by <a data-url=\"https:\/\/clearbot.eu\/\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/clearbot.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ClearBot<\/a>. However, it is possible to use the robot purely in an open-source and freely available Gazebo simulation (see further details in our <a href=\"https:\/\/robotont.github.io\/noetic\/setup_pc_only.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/robotont.github.io\/noetic\/setup_pc_only.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">documentation page<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developing Robotont<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ohx.2023.e00436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/hardwarex_robotont_header.png\" alt=\"Header for Robotont paper published in HardwareX\" class=\"wp-image-32 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/hardwarex_robotont_header.png 756w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/352\/hardwarex_robotont_header-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\"><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The development of Robotont is community-based and all the source materials are available on <a title=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/github.com\/robotont\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/robotont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most comprehensive technical overview of Robotont development (including assembly instructions) can be found in two open-access publications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Robotont 3 <\/strong>described in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/frobt.2024.1406645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Frontiers in Robotics and AI<\/em><\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Robotont 2 <\/strong>described in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ohx.2023.e00436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>HardwareX<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Full list of theses and publications in English and Estonian about all generations of Robotont can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/robotont.ut.ee\/en\/publications\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Robotont? 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