The $79.95 BeagleBone Blue is a credit-card sized board with all the components needed to operate a robot, or even a drone. It is open source as its schematics have been published, and anyone can replicate the board.
Before Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone was the go-to low-cost developer board for enthusiasts. It’s still used by many, and a new BeagleBone board is now being targeted at robots.
The $79.95 BeagleBone Blue from BeagleBoard.org is a credit-card sized board with all the components needed to operate a robot or even a drone. It is open source, as its schematics have been published, and developers can replicate the board.
Robots have unique requirements, and some computer boards specialize in specific features. For example, Nvidia’s Jetson TX2 and Intel’s Joule excel at computer vision and can give robots digital eyes to steer past obstacles. These boards also have powerful graphics processors and 64-bit CPUs.
The BeagleBone Blue isn’t as powerful but has the components and software package needed to build medium-sized or small robots.
