buzinguyen
New Member
Hi folks, I want to share with you a product that my team and I have been working on for the past years to help breaking into engineering, and specifically, robotics easier for everyone.
We launched the first CYOBot last year as an open-source legged robot called CYOCrawler. It featured a WiFi-based coding interface (MicroPython and Blockly) but faced limitations like limited SRAM, causing memory errors with multiple peripherals, and basic ADC audio that didn’t support clear voice commands. The previous design also lacked modularity, making hardware extensions challenging.
After selling roughly 100 units last year (I know for some folks this number is not that much, but we're still learning and iterating from feedback), we just recently launched CYOBot V2, addressing concerns and wishlists from customers and the open-source community. We’ve upgraded the development board to use ESP32-S3 with 8MB Flash and PSRAM, allowing it to handle larger libraries and multitask efficiently. The new I2S dual microphones and speaker with a dedicated audio codec enable clear audio for voice commands. Plus, the modular design now allows easy swapping between robot configurations or custom bases.
We also developed a learning platform for the robot, so that you can play and practice skills in machine learning, control theory, IoT, kinematics, and embedded systems. This is particularly important for students that we have interacted with, as having a hardware platform does not necessarily mean that they know what to do with it. This platform will soon be integrated with an online IDE that can interface with the robot using a websocket, so that the users can read the challenge prompts, load the activity directly to the IDE and start solving/learning right away.
See the new design in action on our campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/project...ruped-robot-for-innovation-and-fun?ref=6waexz
On the other hand, the schematics and source for the board are available on Hackaday: https://hackaday.io/project/199084-cyobot-v2-transformable-quadruped-robot. The project is OSHWA certified.
Would love to hear your feedback on the campaign and the product! At the same time, we'd appreciate having you backing us. Thank you!
We launched the first CYOBot last year as an open-source legged robot called CYOCrawler. It featured a WiFi-based coding interface (MicroPython and Blockly) but faced limitations like limited SRAM, causing memory errors with multiple peripherals, and basic ADC audio that didn’t support clear voice commands. The previous design also lacked modularity, making hardware extensions challenging.
After selling roughly 100 units last year (I know for some folks this number is not that much, but we're still learning and iterating from feedback), we just recently launched CYOBot V2, addressing concerns and wishlists from customers and the open-source community. We’ve upgraded the development board to use ESP32-S3 with 8MB Flash and PSRAM, allowing it to handle larger libraries and multitask efficiently. The new I2S dual microphones and speaker with a dedicated audio codec enable clear audio for voice commands. Plus, the modular design now allows easy swapping between robot configurations or custom bases.
We also developed a learning platform for the robot, so that you can play and practice skills in machine learning, control theory, IoT, kinematics, and embedded systems. This is particularly important for students that we have interacted with, as having a hardware platform does not necessarily mean that they know what to do with it. This platform will soon be integrated with an online IDE that can interface with the robot using a websocket, so that the users can read the challenge prompts, load the activity directly to the IDE and start solving/learning right away.
See the new design in action on our campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/project...ruped-robot-for-innovation-and-fun?ref=6waexz
On the other hand, the schematics and source for the board are available on Hackaday: https://hackaday.io/project/199084-cyobot-v2-transformable-quadruped-robot. The project is OSHWA certified.
Would love to hear your feedback on the campaign and the product! At the same time, we'd appreciate having you backing us. Thank you!
