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Overview

Meet Cubie-1; the Raspberry Pi 4 robot designed to help you learn ROS. Cubie is a 3d printable robot, with a LiDAR sensor and 16mp autofocus Arducam camera module.

Cubie-1 was designed to support the Learn ROS with me series.

Cubie-1 also got an update in January 2024 with new Motor Drivers and an IMU sensor. Cubie-1 can also run Viam for SLAM Navigation, see the article on VIAM and SLAM here.

VIAM and SLAM Article

VIAM and SLAM
VIAM and SLAM

Bill of Materials

Item Description Qty Price
Lidar Slamtec RPLidar A1 1 £90.00
Motors N20 Motors 4 £10.00
Explorer Hat Pimoroni Explorer Hat 1 £13.20
Arducam 16mp autofocus Arducam 1 £30.00
Battery 5000mAh LiPo battery 1 £18.00
Wheels Moonbuggy Wheels (pair) 2 £4.50
Raspberry Pi 4 Raspberry Pi 4 8Gb 1 £85.50
M3 nuts & Bolts Assortment 1 £9.99

3d Design

Cubie is made up of several 3d printable parts:

  • Base
  • Pillar
  • Shelf
  • Top
  • Spacer
  • Motor Holders
  • Pi Holder
  • Camera holder
  • Front Panel
  • Side Panel
  • Top Side Panel
  • Back Top Panel

Electronics

  • This project uses a Raspberry Pi 4, which is powered by the USB powerbank.
  • The motors are connected to the Explorer Hat; the two left motors connect to Motor 1 and the two right motors to Motor 2.
  • The Arducam connects to the CSI camera module connector on the Raspberry Pi.
  • The Lidar connects to the Raspberry Pi via the USB Port. (a later update may change this to connect directly via 2 GPIO pins).

ROS2 Python code

A later update will provide the code.

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Difficulty: Intermediate
Type: project
Categories:
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