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PhoneBot is an open-source humanoid robot platform that repurposes commodity smartphones for sensing and computing, addressing cost and complexity barriers. It leverages the smartphone's IMU, camera, and wireless connectivity to reduce hardware and computational demands.
PhoneBot is an open-source humanoid robot platform that repurposes commodity smartphones for sensing and computing, addressing cost and complexity barriers. It leverages the smartphone's IMU, camera, and wireless connectivity to reduce hardware and computational demands.
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The adoption of humanoid robots in education and research remains limited by high hardware costs, complex sensing systems, and substantial computational requirements. This paper presents PhoneBot, a low-cost, open-source humanoid robot platform that repurposes commodity smartphones as its primary sensing and...
By using widely available smartphones, PhoneBot lowers the entry barrier for humanoid robot adoption in education and research. This approach simplifies hardware and sensing systems while cutting costs significantly.
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