Mybuddy 280
Dual-arm humanoid collaborative robot powered by Raspberry Pi
$1,699
The myBuddy 280 is a dual-arm humanoid collaborative robot from Elephant Robotics, built around two cooperating six-axis arms on a shared base with an interactive touchscreen and onboard cameras. It is powered by a Raspberry Pi master controller and is aimed at research and education, supporting open-source control libraries, ROS, and visual programming. The platform emphasizes affordability and accessibility for learning dual-arm coordination and AI-driven manipulation.
Released: 2022
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Overview
The myBuddy 280 is a dual-arm humanoid collaborative robot developed by Elephant Robotics, a Chinese robotics company. It pairs two cooperating six-axis arms on a shared base, topped with an interactive touchscreen and equipped with HD cameras for vision-based tasks. A Raspberry Pi acts as the master controller, making the platform approachable for makers, students, and researchers.
The robot is positioned as a cost-effective entry into dual-arm manipulation, supporting open-source control libraries with a large set of control interfaces alongside ROS and visual programming environments such as myBlockly and myStudio. This lets users explore joint and coordinate control, drag-and-drop teaching, and AI-driven object recognition.
Its compact desktop form factor and broad software ecosystem—spanning multiple programming languages and operating systems—make it suited to education, research, and prototyping of collaborative and humanoid manipulation behaviors.
Key Features
- Two cooperating six-axis collaborative arms on a shared humanoid base
- Onboard interactive touchscreen and HD cameras for vision and interaction
- Raspberry Pi master controller with an open-source control library and many control interfaces
- Broad software support including ROS, myBlockly visual programming, and myStudio
- Designed for research, education, and AI-driven manipulation learning
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Specifications
Connectivity
| Communication | WiFi, Bluetooth, USB |
Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 12 |
| Locomotion | Stationary |
Performance
| Max Speed | 160 m/s |
| Payload Capacity | 0.25 kg |
| Reach | 280 mm |
| Repeatability | 1 mm |
Physical
| Weight | 15 kg |
Software
| SDK Support | Yes |
| ROS Compatible | Yes |
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