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BotBrain Open Source

The complete open system to bring autonomy, control and custom AI models to humanoids, quadrupeds and any ROS 2 robot. Everything you need to get started.
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Free

One stack for autonomy.

Navigation, missions, teleoperation, fleet control and custom AI models for humanoids, quadrupeds and any ROS 2 robot, free and open source. Clone the repository, print the enclosure, install it on a Jetson: about 30 minutes to a running robot.

  1. 01CloneThe ROS 2 packages, the web dashboard and the hardware files in one MIT-licensed repository.
  2. 02PrintThe two-tone enclosure and the mounts for your robot, as STL, STEP and 3MF.
  3. 03InstallOne script on a Jetson with JetPack 6.2, then open the web UI. About 30 minutes.
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ROS 2 robots it can run on
200+
From clone to a running robot
30 min
License
MIT

What you get out of the box.

  • Dashboard and fleet control

    Status, robot info and quick navigation across every connected robot.

  • CockPit

    Front and rear cameras, 3D model, map, navigation and quick controls on one screen.

  • My UI

    A customizable control interface built from the CockPit widgets.

  • Missions

    Create and run autonomous navigation missions.

  • Health

    CPU, GPU and RAM usage, state-machine control and Wi-Fi management.

  • RTABMap SLAM and Nav2

    Visual SLAM, mapping and autonomous navigation.

  • ROSA natural-language control

    LLM-based commands for the robot.

  • Safety controls

    Dead-man switch, emergency stop and priority-based velocity arbitration.

  • YOLO object detection

    Coming soon

    YOLOv8 / v11 detection and detection history.

Everything you need to print, mount and run.

  • 01 / Printable two-tone enclosure

    STL, STEP and 3MF files for the shell and the robot mounts.

  • 02 / NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano

    Reference assembly; Jetson Nano also supported.

  • 03 / 2× Intel RealSense D435i

    Front and rear depth cameras for mapping and navigation.

  • 04 / Go2 · G1 · Direct Drive Tita mounts

    Open mounting interfaces for the supported robots.

BotBrain Open Source

BotBrain Open Source

The software, up close.

CockPit, My UI, Flows, Maps and the AI agent, recorded live on a Go2 in our lab.

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The software, up close.

Running in about 30 minutes.

On a Jetson with JetPack 6.2 (Ubuntu 22.04), Docker and a free Supabase project.

Installation guide
$ git clone https://github.com/botbotrobotics/BotBrain.git$ cd BotBrain$ sudo ./install.sh$ sudo reboot# Then open the web UI at http://<jetson-ip>.

How the project is organized.

  • ├── frontend/Next.js web dashboard (React, TypeScript, Supabase auth).
  • ├── botbrain_ws/src/13 ROS 2 Humble packages: bringup, interfaces, description, localization, navigation, ROSA, state machine, YOLO, joystick, Jetson stats and the go2, g1 and tita robot packages.
  • ├── hardware/Printable enclosure and robot mounts as STL, STEP and 3MF, with the assembly guide.
  • └── docs/Installation, Supabase setup, G1 Wi-Fi setup, dependencies and the MIT license.

Six robots with ready drivers, and any other ROS 2 robot.

Go2, Go2-W, G1, G1-D, Direct Drive Tita and Booster K1 come with driver packages. Any other ROS 2 robot, legged or wheeled, joins with a driver package and a robot config, and more than 200 platforms ship with ROS 2 today.

  • Unitree Go2 / Go2-W
    Unitree Go2 / Go2-W
  • Unitree G1 / G1-D
    Unitree G1 / G1-D
  • Direct Drive Tita
    Direct Drive Tita
  • Booster K1
    Booster K1
  • Bring your own robotAny ROS 2 robot, legged or wheeled. Add a driver package and a robot config; the rest of the stack stays the same.How to add a robot
In the dark
In the dark
Top view
Top view
Rear
Rear
Floating
Floating

BotBrain Open Source specifications

Compute
NVIDIA Jetson
Jetson Nano and Orin Nano supportOrin Nano in the reference assemblySelect modules for the available compute
Vision & network
2× RealSense D435i
Front and rear camera supportVisual and depth data for mappingEthernet or Wi-Fi connection
Robotics software
ROS 2 Humble
RTABMap for visual SLAMNav2 for autonomous navigationWaypoint missions and map management
Orin Nano environment
JetPack 6.2
Ubuntu 22.04 recommendedDocker and Docker ComposeContainerized robot and web services
Web application
Browser-based control
Next.js 15, React 19 and TypeScriptFleet dashboard, cockpit and diagnosticsSupabase for authentication and data
Open hardware
Build and adapt
Printable enclosure and robot mountsSTL, STEP and 3MF filesGo2, G1 and Direct Drive Tita mounting interfaces

GitHub reference, September 2026. AGX / Thor board support and selected perception features are listed as coming soon.

Open Source or Pro: choose your path.

Compare the software, hardware and support included in each approach.

Explore BotBrain Pro

Hardware, robot support and service scope are confirmed per deployment. Open Source hardware is not included in the free software offer.

Every feature, side by side.

Software, apps and services in BotBrain Open Source and BotBrain Pro.

FeatureOpen SourcePro
Software
ROS 2 robot support
Live camera, sensor and LiDAR view
Real-time custom dashboard
Autonomous navigation and missions
Keyboard, joystick and gamepad controls
Fleet control
On-screen video overlays
Mission builder
Simple AI integration (YOLO)
Block programming
AI chat agent
User profiles and authentication
Map builder and editor
System and robot health monitor
3G to 5G connectivity
GPS RTK
Global data relay
Custom AI models
Text-to-speech
Soundboard

Build it with us.

Questions, builds and pull requests happen on GitHub and Discord. Fork the repository, add tests, keep the READMEs current and open a pull request.

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