Robot Cubie-1

Meet Cubie-1; the Raspberry Pi 4 robot designed to help you learn ROS. Cubie is a 3d printable robot, with a [LiDAR](/glossary#lidar) sensor and 16mp autofocus Arducam camera module.

Cubie-1 was designed to support the Learn ROS with me series.

Bill of Materials

Item

Description

Qty

Price

Lidar

Slamtec RPLidar A1

1

£90.00

Motors

N20 Motors

4

£10.00

Explorer Hat

Pimoroni Explorer Hat

1

£13.20

Arducam

16mp autofocus Arducam

1

£30.00

Battery

5000mAh LiPo battery

1

£18.00

Wheels

Moonbuggy Wheels (pair)

2

£4.50

Raspberry Pi 4

Raspberry Pi 4 8Gb

1

£85.50

M3 nuts & Bolts

Assortment

1

£9.99

3d Design

Cubie is made up of several 3d printable parts:

• Base
• Pillar
• Shelf
• Top
• Spacer
• Motor Holders
• Pi Holder
• Camera holder
• Front Panel
• Side Panel
• Top Side Panel
• Back Top Panel

Electronics

• This project uses a Raspberry Pi 4, which is powered by the USB powerbank.
• The motors are connected to the Explorer Hat; the two left motors connect to Motor 1 and the two right motors to Motor 2.
• The Arducam connects to the CSI camera module connector on the Raspberry Pi.
• The Lidar connects to the Raspberry Pi via the USB Port. (a later update may change this to connect directly via 2 GPIO pins).