OpenBot
- Software
- Cars
- Framework
- Runs on hardware you can build
OpenBot uses Android smartphones as the brains of low-cost robots, paired with a small electric vehicle body costing about $50.
Made by OpenBot Foundation.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ob-f/OpenBot (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 216ecb0 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- MIT (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MIT) at commit 216ecb0 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides a software stack for Android smartphones that runs robotics workloads such as person following.
- Supports real-time autonomous navigation on the phone.
- Includes a small electric vehicle design that serves as the robot body.
- Includes Arduino firmware for the robot body.
- Includes Android apps, a controller for driving the robot, and a Playground for programming it.
- Lets users train their own driving policy.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 216ecb0.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- An Android smartphone, and the OpenBot robot body (a small electric vehicle built per the body instructions, with Arduino firmware).
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 10 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- v0.9.0 (7 Oct 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots on Robotheca that use it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
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