User:Oracle96/The Leo Rover

Leo Rover – a small-sized, four-wheeled, open-source robotic platform manufactured and developed in Wrocław, Poland, by fictionlab sp. z o.o. (Polish equivalent of LLC). Originally introduced to the market in 2017 under the name „Turtle”, it was later rebranded as „Leo Rover”.

Design and performance
The Leo Rover is a small, remotely controlled, four-wheeled rover, measuring 433 mm in length, 447 mm in width, and 249 mm in height. It weighs 6.5 kg and features in-hub DC motors with a 73.2:1 planetary gearbox and 12 CPR encoder to power each wheel. The wheels are made of rubber with foam inserts. The robot is equipped with a 5000 mAh Li-ion battery of 11.1 V DC. It can achieve a maximum linear speed of approximately 0.4 m/s and an angular speed of up to 60 deg/s. The front of the robot's body houses a 5 MPx camera with a 170-degree field of view. The rover's top surface features numerous mounting holes to attach additional hardware, and it has a nominal payload capacity of 5 kg. The robot is equipped with a 2.4 GHz WiFi access point with an external antenna. The majority of the robot's structural components are 3D-printed, resulting in a watertight design rated at the IP64 level.

Software
The Leo Rover runs on Ubuntu 20.04 with ROS Noetic Ninjammys, and a Raspberry Pi 4 as its main computer.

European Rover Challenge
From 2020 to 2022, the Leo Rover served as the standard robot used in the remote formula of the European Rover Challenge.

Application area
The Leo Rover is predominantly used as a development platform for individuals and organizations to implement their own technological solutions by the connection of external electronics, modification of the open-source software, and adjustments to the robot's design. The primary consumers of this product are universities and research facilities, employing the robot for various projects and research purposes.