Welcome to the SCUTTLE™ Community

Your home for mobile robotics research & education.

What is SCUTTLE™ ?

SCUTTLE™ is a modular, open-source robotics platform originating in a basement lab at Texas A&M, designed by “Makers” – students & engineering staff for a flexible, extensible, durable, and affordable platform to teach the Mobile Robotics Engineering course.

The SCUTTLE project was developed alongside teaching curriculum for the first course in Multidisciplinary Engineering degree program, opened up in 2018. We found no affordable solutions on the market which could meet the learning objectives including sensors, mechanical design, and software. To bridge the gap between the theory and practice, we kicked off the development of the SCUTTLE platform! We decided to share everything publicly to lower barriers of entry to robotics. We started an ecosystem for prototyping amongst hobbyists, companies, and academic institutions world-wide.  The result of that effort is a robot with strong autonomous capability, IoT connectivity, and payload performance; backed by a supportive Open-Source Community and easily available design documentation.

The SCUTTLE design requires ZERO fabrication and to be sourced from parts available world-wide at low cost.  All documentation to build your own SCUTTLE can be found through our site.

Sensing,
Connected
Utility
Transport
Taxi for
Level
Environments

Scuttle with Lidar attached top down picture

Why SCUTTLE® ?

Payload Value Chart

A teaching assistant prepares for a lesson utilizing the SCUTTLE robot.

Full Bill of Materials and Documentation are available for free, always.

3D Printed Brackets

Source your own parts or get up and running faster by purchasing a kit here!

Scuttle Robot with Wireless Charging Capability

Between community members and university partnerships SCUTTLE continues to evolve.

Raspberry Pi 3

Built on leading tech from TI, Microsoft, Panasonic, and more!