# michiganrobotics/rob311

How to Build Robots and Make Them Move

Repository: https://github.com/michiganrobotics/rob311
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rob311
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-05-22T12:56:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 29/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 84
- inputs: {"age_days": 1176, "days_push": 833, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1118, forks 219 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:39.121663+00:00)

## What it is
ROB 311 is an open undergraduate robotics course from the University of Michigan covering mechanical design, actuation, instrumentation, and rigid body dynamics, centered on building a basketball-balancing ballbot. The repository provides lecture videos, slides, lab assignments, and a bill of materials for the hardware project.

## Use cases
- learn robotics fundamentals from a university course
- build a self-balancing ballbot
- study rigid body kinematics and dynamics
- find a robotics course with hands-on hardware labs
- teach an undergraduate robotics class
- learn about motors, transmissions, and motor drivers
- simulate robot dynamics in Python

## When to choose
- you want a structured, video-based introduction to building physical robots
- you need course materials including labs and a bill of materials for a ballbot project
- you are an educator looking for a ready-made robotics curriculum

## When to avoid
- you need software-only robotics simulation without hardware
- you want an advanced graduate-level robotics course
- you cannot access fabrication equipment like 3D printers or laser cutters needed for the labs

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: simulation, robotics
- domain: robotics, education, tutorials
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: robotics-course, ballbot, university-of-michigan, mechanical-design, control-systems, kinematics, lecture-videos, hardware-labs, education

## Member repositories
- michiganrobotics/rob311 (main) score 29

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.121663+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 2026-08-30T06:41:49.428544+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/michiganrobotics/rob311 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.121663+00:00, sha 13ee123e3ce8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.