LeKiwi

LeKiwi - Low-Cost Mobile Manipulator | Version 1

Step by step tutorial

1. Bill of Materials
2. 3D Printing
3. Assembly
4. Get started with LeRobot

Hardware Design

Standardized Stacked Base Plates

• Inspired by the open robotic platform, our base plates have 3.5mm diameter holes spaced 20mm apart for standardized mounting

Power

• (12V version) 12v 5A Li-ion battery
• (5V version) 65W Laptop power bank

[!TIP]
If this is the first time you build robots please choose the 5V version as it’s a little bit easier to assemble. If you are more experienced and want to lift heavier objects choose the 12V version. If you want the cheapest option possible go for the wired LeKiwi version.

Compute

• Raspberry Pi 5
• Streaming to a Laptop

Drive

• 3-wheel Kiwi (holonomic) drive with omni wheels

Robot Arm

• SO-ARM101

Sensors

• Workspace rgb camera
• Wrist rgb camera

Software Capabilities

Goals:

• Teleoperation with controller or laptop WASD + leader arm
• Data collection pipeline
• Streaming joint angles and camera feed

CAD Design

Fusion 360 CAD

We also provide the URDF exported from CAD for simulation.

Check out our Dynamixel Version!

We converted LeKiwi to use ROBOTIS components by using the Koch v1.1 arm, U2D2 motor controller, and Dynamixel XL430 motors for the mobile base. Dynamixel LeKiwi

Get In Touch!

Join the project on LeRobot's Discord server (channel mobile-so100-arm)! Let us know if you have any questions, suggestions, or other feedback.

Citation

If you use LeKiwi in your research, please cite the repository using the metadata in CITATION.cff. GitHub's Cite this repository menu provides APA and BibTeX citations.

Main Contributors

Thank you to everyone who helped on the project!

CAD Design: Manav Chandaka, Bhargav Chandaka, Pepijn Kooijmans

Software: Pepijn Kooijmans, Gloria Wang, Bhargav Chandaka, Advait Patel