Specifications


e-puck Robot Specifications

Feature

Technical information

Size, weight

70 mm diameter, 55 mm height, 150 g

Battery, autonomy

5Wh LiION rechargeable and removable battery. About 3 hours autonomy

Processor

dsPIC 30F6014A @ 60MHz (~ 15 MIPS)
16 bit microcontroller with DSP core

Memory

RAM: 8 KB; Flash: 144 KB

Motors

2 stepper motors with a 50:1 reduction gear, resolution 0.13 mm

Speed

Max: 15 cm/s

Mechanical structure

Transparent plastic body supporting PCBs, battery and motors

IR sensors

8 infra-red sensors measuring ambient light and proximity of objects up to 6 cm

Camera

VGA color camera with resolution of 640x480 (typical use: 52x39 or 480x1)

Microphones

3 omni-directional microphones for sound localization

Accelerometer

3D accelerometer along the X, Y and Z

LEDs

8 red LEDs on the ring, green LEDs in the body, 1 strong red LED in front

Speaker

On-board speaker capable of playing WAV or tone sounds.

Switch

16 position rotating switch

Communication

Standard Serial Port (up to 115kbps),
wireless: Bluetooth

Bluetooth

Bluetooth for robot-computer and robot-robot wireless communication

Remote Control

Infra-red receiver for standard remote control commands

Expansion bus

Large expansion bus to add new possibilities to your robot

Programming

C programming with the GNU GCC compiler system, free compiler and IDE (integrated development environment)

Simulation

Webots facilitates the programming of e-puck with a powerful simulation, remote control and cross-compilation system