Re:Robel: Robotics Benchmarks for Learning with Low-Cost Robots
by mojolozzo on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:52PM
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The servos are certainly where you can spend most money when building a robot for research. I tried building small research robots with small servos ($25 each), see results at the end of this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q8jgu-EtCFc
The total cost for one robot was well below 1k. The servos are $25 each (Turnigy 306G if remember correctly), all connecting parts are 3d printed, the electronics and batteries are about $50, and you could add a raspberry pi for $50. So in total <$500, depending on number of DOFs.
Of course, these servos don't have the same torque as Dynamixles, for example. But they are lighter!
The total cost for one robot was well below 1k. The servos are $25 each (Turnigy 306G if remember correctly), all connecting parts are 3d printed, the electronics and batteries are about $50, and you could add a raspberry pi for $50. So in total <$500, depending on number of DOFs.
Of course, these servos don't have the same torque as Dynamixles, for example. But they are lighter!