# Vitulus

> Vitulus is an open-source, 3D-printed autonomous mobile robot platform based on ROS (Robot Operating System). He is primarily set up as a robotic lawn mower, but he is designed as an extensible platform for robotics experimentation and learning. Created by Robert Lacina (Lacina.Dev) in the Czech Republic. The robot is a non-commercial, build-it-yourself (DIY) project — not a ready-made product.

## Key facts
- Name: Vitulus
- Type: Open-source, 3D-printed autonomous mobile robot / robotic lawn mower
- Software: ROS (Robot Operating System), with web UI and a mower planner web interface
- Author: Robert Lacina (Lacina.Dev), Czech Republic
- Status: DIY open-source project; actively used and developed; already mows a real garden
- Hardware: MJbots Moteus motor controllers, BLDC 5208 motors, Li-Ion 18650 6S7P battery, Ardusimple ZED-F9P GNSS RTK, BNO085 IMU, Intel NUC, RPLidar A1M8 lidar, Intel RealSense depth camera, Nextion LCD
- Skills needed to build: basics of electrical engineering and ROS; for development also 3D modeling and Python, C++, HTML, JavaScript

## Links
- Website (English): https://vitulus.lacina.dev/
- Website (Czech): https://vitulus.lacina.dev/index-cz.html
- Source code & build files (GitHub): https://github.com/lacina-dev
- 3D-printable models (Printables): https://www.printables.com/cs/@RobertLacina_291347/models
- Videos (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtN4QAQcWLKhAs30Fi9AsZw
- Community (Discord): https://discord.gg/YqeNV5hEVN

## Contact
- Email: robert@lacina.dev