Ihlabathi lerobhothi ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo lelinye lalawo azuze kakhulu kwi Hardware Libre, kangangokuba ukusetyenziswa kweekiti zokuqalisa iirobhothi zenze imfuno yezixhobo, iinxalenye, njl.
Nangona kunjalo, enkosi hardware libre abantu abaninzi badala ikhithi yabo okanye iirobhothi zabo ngaphandle kokusebenzisa ezi zixhobo. Into efanayo yenziwa nguPhilippe Leca, injineli yaseFransi eyakhayo UGilbert300, irobhothi ye-hexapod, enebhodi ye-arduino kunye nomshicileli we-3D. I-Gilbert300 irobhothi enamalungu aprintiweyo kwaye ngubani Uyilo lusimahla kwaye isebenza noArduino.
Igama lesidlaliso "i-300" livela kwinto yokuba yinguqulelo yesithathu eza kwakhiwa. Uyilo lokuqala lwakhiwa ngealuminiyam kwaye intambo yePS2 incamathele kuyo ukuze isebenze. Imodeli yesibini sele itshintshile isakhelo sayo seziqwenga zeplastiki ezazikhaphukhaphu kodwa zaziyiziqwenga ezazivela kwezinye iikiti, into engenakuphinda yenziwe. Kwaye ekugqibeleni kwafika uGilbert300, uguqulelo lwesithathu olunoyilo olwenziwe kwi-OpenSCAD, inkqubo yoyilo yasimahla ye-CAD, eyaprintwa kwiprinta ye-3D kwaye emva koko, yonke into yayiqhagamshelwe kwibhodi yeArduino eyavumela iGilbert300 ukuba inxibelelane nge-wifi.
IGilbert300 inokuprintwa kwaye yakhiwe ngaphandle kokuhlawula ikiti
Irobhothi yesigcawu seGilbert300 ayisiyontle kuphela ngenkangeleko kodwa isebenza ngokuchanekileyo, ke ngexesha lovavanyo olwenziwe, uGilbert300 ubonakalisile ukuba angahamba ngokuchanekileyo emhlabeni. Ukongeza, izongezo zamva nje zithetha ukuba le robhothi yesigcawu inokuthatha imifanekiso yendawo ngelixa ihamba kwaye ithumele yonke into kwikhompyuter kude, ngaphandle kokuxhomekeka kuyo nayiphi na intambo.
Ngokwam, iirobhothi zesigcawu azindithembisi, nangona kunjalo kufuneka nditsho ukuba olu luyilo lufuna ukwazi, hayi kuphela ngenxa yezinto ezisetyenzisiweyo kodwa nangenxa yenyani yokuba akukho kit iyafuneka kulwakhiwo lwayo, kuphela yibhodi ye-arduino, ezinye iimoto kunye nomshicileli we-3D.