Erle-Spider, robotic spider, Erle Robotics S.L., Vitoria, Spain

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Erle-Spider is the first legged drone powered by Snappy Ubuntu Core. A fully functional Linux computer that includes onboard sensors, exposes several I/O interfaces and can be controlled and programed over WiFi, Bluetooth and even 3G and 4G networks.

Besides the openness and Linux-based approach, Erle-Spider will provide access to a cloud-based app store for these legged drones. A marketplace that allow developers to make money out of their applications.

ROS, the Robot Operating System plays an important role in Erle-Spider and the team behind this new drone will provide early access to ROS 2.0 packages.

Erle-Spider has been released by Erle Robotics, a startup based in Spain that focuses on creating artificial brains for robots and drones.

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During this weekend we have showed our Spider in a park full of kids.

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Help us making companions for the lonely Erle-Spider!

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Short demonstration of Teleoperation of an erlespider via Twitch. More info at

Teleoperation of an Erle-Spider via Twitch bot
Controlling the Erle-Spider via Twitch.tv bot. A project inspired by TwitchPlaysPokemon and based on a previous project by erle.

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Description: Simple demonstration of 'find path' block usage. The block calculates the center angle of the widest path found. Obstacle avoidance behaviour is created using simple spider blocks.

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Description: Color position detection using blocks. After calculating the center of the sample color, the position of it is returned in a -10 to 10 range (x axe).

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Description: Simple maze using a few turn and walk forward blocks.

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Description: Erle-Spider turn degrees using blocks. IMU is used to calculate turned degrees.

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