Lil’Bot

Lil’Bot is an open-source, balancing robotics platform suitable for exploration of balancing robots and control systems.

Lil’Bot is an open-source, balancing robotics platform suitable for academics, hobbyists, and hackers for exploration of balancing robots and control systems. It is programmed just like an Arduino Uno and takes standard Arduino shields. Lil’Bot’s is Arduino Uno compatible and programmable through the USB; can be programmed using Linux, OS X, and Windows computers, capable of front, right, and left obstacle detection using IR LEDs and edge detection using an IR LED; has a buzzer playing musical tones and astromech droid sounds, has wheel encoders for precise odometry-based control, and owns open-source hardware and software. Lil’Bot is based in Mountain View, C.A.