Hey everyone,
I wanted to share a project my team and I at BotBot have been working on, which is heavily reliant on the Jetson platform. We’ve just open-sourced BotBrain, which is essentially a universal brain for legged robots.
At its core, BotBrain uses a Jetson Orin Nano paired with two Intel RealSense D435i cameras. We designed and open-sourced a full 3D-printable enclosure that houses all the electronics and has snap-fit mounts for different robots, like the Unitree Go2, G1 or Go-2 (plus a few more). The goal was to create a really tight hardware and software integration that anyone could build.
The Jetson runs a ROS2 stack that handles everything from autonomous navigation with Nav2 and RTABMap to teleoperation via a web-based UI.
We’re hoping this can be a useful reference or starting point for others in the community building robots on the Jetson platform. The entire project is MIT licensed, and we’d love to get your feedback.
We are also working on a Pro version for professional/enterprise use and will feature the AGX orin or Thor depending on use cases.
GitHub Repo (code and hardware files): GitHub - botbotrobotics/BotBrain: Modular open-source brain for ROS2 robots. Web UI for control, mapping, autonomous navigation & monitoring. 3D-printable hardware. Runs on NVIDIA Jetson.
Happy to answer any questions about our experience using the Jetson for this build.