TurtleBot3 vs Linorobot2 vs Andino
ROS mobile bases
TurtleBot3 is a 2-DoF mobile robot with no identified hardware license, published at $758.20 (vendor kit, TurtleBot3 Burger RPi4 2GB kit [US]). Linorobot2 is a 2-DoF mobile robot with no identified hardware license, with no published cost. Andino is an open-source 2-DoF mobile robot under the BSD-3-Clause hardware license, with no published cost. Reproducibility scores: Andino 80, TurtleBot3 63 and Linorobot2 33 of 100. TurtleBot3 publishes URDF and Onshape; Linorobot2 publishes URDF; Andino publishes URDF.
Drawn to scale
The robots side by side at their true relative size, as their source models are posed.
Side by side
Every figure is read from each robot's record, with its source; a cost keeps the currency the source states and its basis.
| Criterion | TurtleBot3mobile robot | Linorobot2mobile robot | Andinomobile robot |
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| Published cost | $758.20vendor kit, TurtleBot3 Burger RPi4 2GB kit [US]source | Not published | Not published |
| Degrees of freedom | 2wheels 2source | 2wheels 2source | 2driveWheels 2source |
| Type | Mobile baseDifferential drive | Mobile base2wd, 4wd, Holonomic base, Mecanum wheels | Mobile baseDifferential drive |
| Actuators in the BOM | None of the tracked parts in its BOM | None of the tracked parts in its BOM | |
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| Hardware license | Declared open source hardware, no license namedUnknown or unclearsource | No hardware design files releasedUnknown or unclearsource | BSD-3-ClauseCommercial use OKsource |
| Lifecycle | Maintainedsource | Activesource | Activesource |
| Reproducibility | 63/100Partial source coverage, unverified | 33/100Sparse source coverage, unverified | 80/100Strong source coverage, unverified |
| CAD / mesh present | met20/20 | missing0/20 | partial10/20 |
| BOM evidence | partial10/20 | missing0/20 | met20/20 |
| Wiring diagram | partial7.5/15 | met15/15 | met15/15 |
| Firmware linked | met10/10 | met10/10 | met10/10 |
| Build instructions | met15/15 | partial7.5/15 | met15/15 |
| OSHW-compatible license | missing0/10 | missing0/10 | met10/10 |
| Known reproductions | missing0/10 | missing0/10 | missing0/10 |
| Build time | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Model size | 138 × 171 × 178 mmwidth × height × depth, as modelled | Not measured: the render is a simplified subset of the robot | 210 × 116 × 140 mmwidth × height × depth, as modelled |
| Source | ROBOTIS-GIT/turtlebot3 | linorobot/linorobot2 | Ekumen-OS/andino |