4WD Rover Zero mobile base

4WD Rover Zero mobile base: quality robot for students and professionals

Rover Zero offers a mid-range mobile base. In this version it is equipped with four-wheel drive, dual-channel motor controller, Li-Ion battery and mains charger.

It is perfectly adapted to the needs of robotics workshops organized in higher education, but also to the needs of industrials and researchers who need an easy to use mobile platform, for indoor or flat path operation in outdoor (without meteorological constraints). Autonomy is about 2 -3 hours.

4WD Rover Zero: discovering ROS

This small four-wheel drive mobile platform offers an easy solution for anyone who wants to make a first foray into the world of ROS. It provides access to a huge library of code, tutorials, projects and pilots for the development of applications of all levels.

The 4WD Rover Zero robot can support up to 50 kilos of payload.This means that you are completely free to choose the robot equipment: sensors, actuators, displays, video or audio equipment, etc.

Equip it with a microcontroller or an embedded computer such as Intel NUC or Jetson TX2 to bring enough power to your robotics project and support calculation and data synchronization. However, if your budget is tight, you may very well start with a Raspberry Pi…

Technical specifications of 4WD Rover Zero

• Dimensions: 620 x 390 x 254 mm
• Max. speed : 1.5m/s [3.4mph]
• Weight: 11 kg
• Max. payload : 50 kg
• 8-cell Lithium-Ion battery (98 Wh)
• Autonomy: 2-3 hours 
• Charging time: about 3 hours
• Retractable battery
• Brush motors
• RoboClaw 2x15 A motor controller
• ROS compatible

Resources of 4WD Rover Zero mobile base

Softwares

• ROS1 driver (binaries)
• ROS1 driver (sources)
• Librairies Python
• Librairies C#
• UART Protocol

Documentation

• Interface Board Data Sheet
• Computer setup