thumb|A Khepera III robot at the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]
thumb|The first generation Khepera robot released in 1996The Khepera is a small (5.5 cm) differential wheeled mobile robot that was developed at the LAMI laboratory of Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) in the mid-1990s. It was developed by Edo. Franzi, Francesco Mondada, André Guignard and others.
The system is based on a Motorla 68331 processor and has been used in research applications for over a decade due to its compact design and processing capabilities. It has been cited in more than 8,000 scientific papers.
Development history
The Khepera project began in 1991 at EPFL's Microcomputing Laboratory (LAMI), led by Jean-Daniel Nicoud. Backward compatibility ensured continued use of Khepera I turrets and accessories.
Khepera III
thumb|A simulation model of the Khepera III robot with gripper in [[Webots.]]
Launched in 2005, Khepera III expanded to a 120 mm diameter chassis to incorporate additional sensors, including nine perimeter IR sensors, two ground-facing IR sensors, and five ultrasonic rangefinders (up to 4 m range). It introduced a modular embedded Linux module (KoreBot) based on an Intel XScale PXA-255 at 400 MHz, providing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, hot-swappable Li-ion batteries, and advanced onboard processing for SLAM and swarm robotics research.
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External links
- Homepage – K-Team, the company which sells the Khepera robots