# hybridgroup/gobot

Golang framework for robotics, drones, and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Repository: https://github.com/hybridgroup/gobot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gobot
Homepage: https://gobot.io
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: robotics, iot, drone, go, robot, uav, arduino, raspberry-pi, beaglebone, beaglebone-black, intel-joule, sphero, bluetooth, gpio, i2c, internet-of-things, intel-edison, hardware, mqtt, bluetooth-le
Last push: 2026-01-07T16:21:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 61, release rhythm 29, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4729, "days_push": 238, "days_rel": 319, "gap_med": 173.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9454, forks 1064 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:31.217741+00:00)

## What it is
Gobot is a Go framework for robotics, physical computing, drones, and IoT, supporting 35+ hardware platforms including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, and Parrot drones. It provides adaptors and drivers for GPIO, I2C, and other device protocols, with a Robot abstraction and an optional JSON-over-HTTP API for remote control.

## Use cases
- blink an LED on an Arduino from Go
- control a Raspberry Pi GPIO pin
- fly a Parrot ARDrone or DJI Tello programmatically
- read sensors over I2C on a BeagleBone
- control Sphero or BB-8 toys over Bluetooth LE
- build an IoT device controller with an HTTP API
- connect servos and motors to a single-board computer

## When to choose
- you want to program robots or hardware devices in Go
- you need to support multiple hardware platforms with one abstraction
- you're building IoT or physical computing projects on Linux single-board computers
- you want drone control from Go

## When to avoid
- you need real-time control on bare-metal microcontrollers (consider TinyGo or C)
- your hardware platform is not among the supported adaptors
- you prefer Python-based robotics like ROS

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: robotics, iot, embedded, middleware, sdk
- domain: robotics, iot, embedded-systems, hardware
- platform: go, cross-platform, embedded, iot
- tags: gpio, i2c, drones, arduino, raspberry-pi, firmata, bluetooth-le, mqtt, physical-computing, single-board-computers, automation, linux

## Member repositories
- hybridgroup/gobot (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.217741+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:22:07.012064+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hybridgroup/gobot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.217741+00:00, sha ccf4f6276027)
  - homepage: https://gobot.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:13.435864+00:00, sha 31c3bda8349d)
  - site_page: https://gobot.io/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:13.445735+00:00, sha 3f7f134aacc1)
  - site_page: https://gobot.io/documentation/platforms (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:13.448481+00:00, sha 13a7da014a34)
  - site_page: https://gobot.io/documentation/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:13.450484+00:00, sha 5e4564730b1b)
  - site_page: https://gobot.io/documentation/platforms/arduino (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:13.452569+00:00, sha bb0214eae08b)
  - site_page: https://gobot.io/documentation/drivers/led (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:13.454507+00:00, sha d649b7048cf7)
  - site_page: https://gobot.io/documentation/examples (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:13.456121+00:00, sha ae4a47bfa324)
  - site_page: https://gobot.io/documentation/platforms/ardrone (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:13.457677+00:00, sha 658b6b1965c0)
  - site_page: https://gobot.io/documentation/platforms/beaglebone (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:13.459082+00:00, sha 0a2654c3d708)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.