Hiwonder ROSpider ROS Hexapod Robot

• 【Jetson Controller & Inverse Kinematics Algorithm】 The ROSpider is powered by a Jetson Nano and is fully compatible with the ROS ecosystem. It features 18 high-voltage servos, each with a torque of 45KG, and advanced bionic motion kinematics. This allows for seamless gait switching, body self-balancing, and enables flexible all-terrain movement and precise pose control.
• 【Lidar & SLAM】 ROSpider is equipped with a Lidar and a 3D depth camera, enabling 2D/3D mapping, path planning, fixed-point navigation, and obstacle avoidance. Its real-time environmental perception allows the robot to navigate complex terrains and obstacles with ease.
• 【Depth Camera & AI Vision】 ROSpider is equipped with a 3D depth camera and utilizes the MediaPipe and YOLO depth models. It supports body feature recognition, KCF target tracking, and other AI applications, enabling object recognition, somatosensory interaction, and meeting various scenario requirements.
• 【Support Voice Interaction】 Equipped with a 6-channel far-field microphone array and a speaker, the robot supports sound source localization, voice interaction, and voice navigation. This enables convenient remote command control and provides an intelligent human-robot interaction experience.
• 【Various Control Method & Secondary Development】 ROSpider supports multiple control methods, including app, wireless controller, and PC software. It is programmable in Python, allowing users to easily integrate various programming algorithms and hardware expansions. This flexibility supports secondary development, enabling users to explore a wide range of AI-driven creative scenarios.

Product Description

ROSpider is an all-terrain, ROS-based hexapod robot equipped with 18 high-voltage serial bus servos, each delivering a high torque of 45KG. It utilizes advanced bionic kinematics algorithms, allowing for flexible obstacle avoidance through integrated gait control and adjustments. ROSpider is powered by a Jetson Nano controller and features high-performance hardware, including Lidar, a 3D depth camera, a far-field microphone array, and more. It supports a variety of applications, such as object recognition and tracking, somatosensory interaction, SLAM mapping and navigation, path planning, and voice-controlled navigation, making it an ideal platform for AI interaction and exploration projects.

3D Depth Camera

The 3D depth camera can not only realize AI visual function, but also enable advanced function such as depth image data processing.

6CH Far-field Microphone Array

The 6CH far-field microphone array and speaker support sound source positioning, voice control, voice navigation and other functions.

S2L TOF Lidar

ROSpider is equipped with Lidar, which can realize SLAM mapping and navigation, and supports path planning, fixed-point navigation and dynamic obstacle avoidance.

Intelligent Bus Servo

ROSpider is equipped with 18 high-torque 45KG smart bus servos, which has high precision, feedback, and convenient wiring.

Function List

3D Vision AI Upgraded Interaction

ROSpider is equipped with a 3D depth camera, supports 3D vision mapping and navigation, and can obtain 3D point cloud images. Through deep learning, it can realize more AI vision interactive game.

AI Vision Interaction

By incorporating artificial intelligence, ROSpider can implement KCF target tracking, vision line following, color/ tag recognition and tracking, etc.

Color Recognition and Tracking

Skilled in color recognition and tracking, the robot can be set to execute different actions according to the colors.

Vision Line Following

ROSpider supports custom color selection, and the robot can identify color lines and follow them.

KCF Target Tracking

Relying on KCF filtering algorithm, the robot can track the selected target.

YOLO Object Recognition

Utilize YOLO network algorithm and deep learning model library to recognize the objects.

MediaPipe Development, Upgraded AI Interaction

ROSpider utilizes MediaPipe development framework to accomplish various functions, such as human body recognition, fingertip recognition, face detection, and 3D detection.

Fingertip Trajectory Recognition

Human Body Recognition

3D Detection

3D Face Detection

6CH Circular Microphone Array

This 6CH microphone array is adroit at far-field sound source localization, voice recognition and voice interaction. In comparison to ordinary microphone module,it can implement more advanced functions.

Sound Source Localization & Sound Awakening

Combined with 6-ch microphone array, ROSpider achieves high-precision noise-reduced sound source localization. Coupled with Lidar's distance recognition function, you can wake the robot from any position.

TTS Speech Broadcast

The microphone array provide Text To Speech function, allowing the conversion of text content published by ROS into speech. This facilitates the design of man-machine interaction projects.

Voice Interaction

The combination of voice recognition and TTS speech broadcast enables voice interaction. Moreover, the module supports iFLYTEK's online voice chat.

Voice-Controlled Navigation

Users can control ROSpider using voice commands to navigate to specific positions on the constructed map. This function is reminiscent of a food delivery robot.

ROS Robot Operating System

Global Popular Robotic Communication Framework

ROS is an open-source meta operating system for robots. It provides some basic services, such as hardware abstraction, low-level device control, implementation of commonly used functionality, message-passing between processes, and package management. And it also offers the tools and library functions needed to obtain, compile, write, and run code across computers. It aims at providing code reuse support for robotics research and development.

Gazebo Simulation

ROSpider is built on the Robot Operating System (ROS) and integrates with Gazebo simulation. This enables effortless control of the robot in a simulated environment, facilitating algorithm prevalidation to prevent potential errors. Gazebo provides visual data, allowing you to observe the motion trajectories of each endpoint and center. This visual feedback facilitates algorithm enhancement.

Body Simulation Control

Through robot simulation control, algorithm verification of mapping navigation can be carried out to improve the iteration speed of the algorithm and reduce the cost of trial and error.

Rviz Shows URDF Model

Provide an accurate URDF model, and observe the mapping navigation effect through the Rviz visualization tool to facilitate debugging and improving algorithms.

PS2 Wireless Control

ROSpider supports real-time control via a wireless controller. Simply connect via Bluetooth for an interactive and responsive experience.

PC Software Control

With the graphical PC software, you can control the rotation of the robot servo by dragging slider without code, and can edit the robot action group.

App Control

WonderROS app supports Android and iOS. Switch game modes easily and quickly to experience various AI games.

HTD-45H Bus Servo

HTD-45H serial bus high voltage servo possesses 45KG torque and adopts all-metal gears inside, strong and durable. Compared with ordinary servos on the market, it can give voltage, temperature and position feedback.

Multi-functional Expansion Board

The expansion board has a built-in IMU sensor which can detects robot posture in real time. There are 2-channel PWM, two keys, a LED, a buzzer, 9-channel serial bus servo interface, two GPIO expansion ports and two llC interfaces on it.

Jetson Control System

Jetson allows you to run multiple neural networks, object detection, segmentation and speech processing applications in parallel.

Removable lithium battery

The fuselage has a built-in 11.1V 6000mAh large-capacity removable lithium battery to improve the robot's endurance.

OLED Display

Display the controller properties and battery voltage in real time and supports custom setting.

Anodized Metal Bracket

Robot's metal bracket is finely anodized for delicate appearance and long service life.

Specification Parameters

ROSpider Packing List