# linorobot/linorobot

Autonomous ground robots (2WD, 4WD, Ackermann Steering, Mecanum Drive)

Repository: https://github.com/linorobot/linorobot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/linorobot
Homepage: http://linorobot.org
Language: C++
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: ros, agv, 2wd, 4wd, ackermann, mecanum-wheel, robotics, autonomous-vehicles, autonomous, linorobot
Last push: 2023-05-10T19:54:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3839, "days_push": 1211, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1111, forks 350 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.715202+00:00)

## What it is
Linorobot is a suite of open-source ROS-compatible autonomous ground robots (2WD, 4WD, Ackermann steering, mecanum drive) with Teensy-based firmware and ROS integration for SLAM and autonomous navigation. It provides students, developers, and researchers a low-cost platform for building robots on top of ROS.

## Use cases
- build a low-cost ROS-compatible autonomous robot from scratch
- create 2D maps with SLAM and navigate autonomously with AMCL
- set up a base controller with odometry for the ROS Navigation Stack
- integrate lidar or depth camera sensors with ROS for mapping
- experiment with different drive types like mecanum or Ackermann steering
- learn robot development with ROS through a guided tutorial

## When to choose
- you want a complete open-source hardware and software reference for a ROS1 mobile robot
- you need a low-cost educational platform supporting multiple drive kinematics
- you're running ROS Indigo or Kinetic on Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 with an ARM dev board like Raspberry Pi

## When to avoid
- you're starting a new project on ROS2 - use linorobot2 instead
- you need support for modern Ubuntu/ROS distributions
- you want a ready-made commercial robot rather than a DIY build

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: robotics, embedded, middleware
- domain: robotics, autonomous-vehicles, embedded-systems, hardware
- platform: embedded, cpp, python
- tags: ros, ros-kinetic, teensy, slam, autonomous-navigation, robot-base-controller, lidar, ackermann-steering, mecanum-drive, diy-robot, linux

## Member repositories
- linorobot/linorobot (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.715202+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 2026-08-30T06:43:24.266795+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/linorobot/linorobot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.715202+00:00, sha 5bdb0327e259)
  - homepage: http://linorobot.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:46:42.062739+00:00, sha 3c0912ecb602)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.