The Sanbot Elf now speaks ROS 2 itself, from a Kotlin app on its own Android board, with no bridge PC in between. Here it is working, with the numbers and the parts that still aren't right.
Sanbot Elf
August 2026: Sanbot Native ROS Driver
A native ROS 2 driver for the Sanbot Elf written in Kotlin with no bridge, and bringing a Keecker robot back to life.
July 2026: Inmoov Quality Time
The InMoov gets a real ROS 2 driver and VR teleoperation, and the Sanbot and TurtleBot2 get proper LiDAR.
June 2026: The Robot That Could Strafe (and Never Said So)
An electric wheelchair rebuilt as a robot with a latching e-stop, TurtleBot2 SLAM on a Jetson, and a Sanbot that turns out to strafe.
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May 2026: The Platform Takes Shape
BRemote brings the Sanbot, Afobot and iPAL (Android) and the Double 2 (iOS) into one app as the Platform takes shape.
December 2025: Christmas Edition
Burf Robotics has its first customer, testing OLO Robotics' platform on a loaned Leo robot, plus a Sanbot remote app and ROS 2 progress.
September 2025: Head Down Edition
A month of robotics across the G-Wiz, the Afobot, ROS 2, the InMoov and the Sanbot Elf.
August 2025: The ROS2 Edition
The InMoov played rock, paper, scissors at the MTC event, and a month focused on learning ROS 2.
May 2025: The Sanbot Edition
17 Sanbot Elf robots arrive and about 10 are running, with my first demo app and an idea to rent robots for events.
