Open Bot: Turning Smartphones into Robots

Current robots are either expensive or make significant compromises on sensory richness, computational power, and communication capabilities. We propose to leverage smartphones to equip robots with extensive sensor suites, powerful computational abilities, stateoftheart communication channels, and access to a thriving software ecosystem. We design a small electric vehicle that costs 50 and serves as a robot body for standard Android smartphones. We develop a software stack that allows smartphones to use