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RoboSavvy GrabCAD challenge
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RoboSavvy GrabCAD challenge
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RoboSavvy GrabCAD challenge
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RoboSavvy GrabCAD challenge
RoboSavvy has collaborated with GrabCAD, the platform for open engineering and home of the world's largest community of mechanical engineers, on a Challenge to gather fresh ideas for the design of a new humanoid robot designated for entertainment and education.
The objective of the competition was to crowdsource a winning design of a new humanoid robot for entertainment and education. The robot had to be open-source, agile, smart and affordable to schools, universities and hobbyist through DIY fabrication. RoboSavvy specialises in humanoid robots and is passionate about making this technology affordable to all.
Comparable education and research humanoid robots cost over $10,000 due to their plastic molded shell parts, expensive actuators and closed-source business approach. RoboSavvy wants this to be an open-source robot that will outperform its rival platforms while keeping the cost of materials to about $1,000. This will be achieved by utilising material and fabrication methods available to anyone. Materials include aluminum sheet and 3D printed parts for structure, vacuum formed polycarb exterior shell, servos for actuation and low cost electronics including Raspberry Pi for brains.
The 30 designs submitted exceeding expectations and it was very difficult to select winners.
Over the next few months RoboSavvy will be working with the winning designer(s), with the help of Robotis who is sponsoring 24 actuators, to begin developing the opensource design so that it can easily be manufactured and assembled by anyone. In addition, RoboSavvy will create opensource software that will allow anyone with basic technical skills to control the robot complex movements and enable human-robot-interaction.
