OpenScout Robot

A low-cost open-source mobile robot built from aluminium extrusions that carries up to 15 kg of payload for indoor and outdoor tasks.

Wheeled
Open source
arduino

Suggested by Robotheca, created by @cbedio (opens in a new tab), from github.com/cbedio/OpenScout (opens in a new tab). Pinned to commit c024788 (opens in a new tab).

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Hardware license: GPL-3.0-only (opens in a new tab)
Software license: GPL-3.0-only (opens in a new tab)
Commercial use: Allowed

OpenScout Robot, photo from its repository — Photo:@cbedio (opens in a new tab)GPL-3.0-onlysource file (opens in a new tab)

3D preview converted from github.com/cbedio/OpenScout at c024788, under GPL-3.0-only. View the original files from GitHub (42.8 MB) (opens in a new tab)

Payload: 15 kg

Bill of materials

This repository has no parts list Robotheca can read yet.

Build guide

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Guide by @cbedio (README.md), under GPL-3.0-only.

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Project information

Difficulty: Intermediate
Estimated cost: $350≈ €312 (ECB rate, 20 Oct 2026)As stated by the creator.
Buildability: 65/100Buildable with some effort
Parts: –

Buildability65/100

Buildable with some effort

How complete the published files are for rebuilding this robot, measured by Robotheca at commit c024788. It isn't a rating of the robot. Counted out of 85 points and scaled to 100: the parts that don't apply to this robot are left out. How we score

3D and CAD files20/20
7 printable parts (STL, 3MF), 3 CAD source files.
Robot descriptionNot counted
No URDF. Not counted: the score is made of the parts that apply.
Optional: add a URDF, and the robot can be seen in 3D and tried in the browser.
Parts list0/20
No parts list in the repository or linked.
Most points to gain: Link to your parts list, or add it to the repository (a CSV or a Markdown table) with quantities, prices and where to buy each part.
Software10/15
Code in this repository, built on arduino. The documents have not been read yet.
Documentation10/15
README of 3,621 characters with 2 pictures; 0 build steps.
Split the build into at least 3 steps.
Simulation5/5
1 simulation file (MuJoCo, Gazebo, Webots or Isaac).
Licenses10/10
Hardware: GPL-3.0-only; software: GPL-3.0-only.

Software

Framework: arduino
Languages: Arduino, Python
License: GPL-3.0-only

Software that runs on this robot

No software from Robotheca's catalogue found in this robot's files yet. Links come from its robot.yaml, its dependency files read as text, or Robotheca's editors.

The code

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Project files

Every file of the project: code, CAD, electronics, guides, at commit c024788.

Community

Questions and improvements go to the creator's repository.

Photo and 3D model

Bill of materials

Build guide

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