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SUSTAINA-OP™

Open Hardware Platform Humanoid Robot


SUSTAINA-OP™ RoboCup2022 Edition

What is SUSTAINA-OP™ ?

SUSTAINA-OP™ is an open hardware platform developed to reduce the high cost of developing robot hardware. It is designed by Masato Kubotera, based on the "Gankenkun" robot series developed by Hiroaki Shimoyoshi. SUSTAINA-OP™ was adopted as the official robot of the team "CIT Brains" of Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan, and won the world championship of RoboCup Humanoid League KidSize in 2022.

Caution

Copyright for SUSTAINA-OP™ is held by Masato Kubotera, not by CIT Brains. The copyright has not been completely abandoned.

Development Environments

The mechanism for this product was designed in Autodesk Inventor 2022.

License Information

This product is open source. Please review the LICENSE for license information.

This product by Masato Kubotera is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED.

Note

Summary:

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
  • NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  • ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Tip

  • Examples of appropriate creditSUSTAINA-OP™ © Masato Kubotera (2022) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED
  • Reference & Citation
    To reference and/or cite the work contained in this repository, please use the following publications:
    • Kubotera, M. and Hayashibara, Y.: SUSTAINA-OP™: Kid-sized Open Hardware Platform Humanoid Robot with Emphasis on Sustainability. RoboCup 2023: Robot World Cup XXVI, pp.166–178 (2024) Springer

Important

  • Handling of work products — All work products related to SUSTAINA-OP™ should be released as open source, even if they are utilized in a narrow community where closed development may be a priority.
  • Request for prior inquiry — The developer of SUSTAINA-OP™ is currently employed at the Chiba Institute of Technology. If you are a student at or related to the University and wish to use the SUSTAINA-OP™ deliverables, please contact us in advance.

Acknowledgements

SUSTAINA-OP™ is a robot that incorporates the expertise accumulated by former CIT Brains members who participated in the RoboCup Humanoid League. CIT Brains members collaborated with us in building the actual robots. Additionally, I drew inspiration from various open-source hardware while designing and developing the robot. I would like to express my gratitude to these individuals.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact the designer of this product, Masato Kubodera, by E-mail.