Raspberry Pi 5 Mobile Manipulation Research Robot — Bridge the Gap from Navigation to Manipulation

Every part needed, pre-tested for compatibility, with an AI build companion trained on this exact project. Shipped from Bengaluru in 3-5 days.

Imagine a robot that scans a room, maps obstacles, drives to a target object, and precisely picks it up with a robotic arm — all controlled from a single Raspberry Pi 5. This kit bundles the hardware to build exactly that: a mobile manipulation research platform that bridges SLAM navigation and 6-DOF manipulation into one ROS2 pipeline. Used in undergraduate robotics labs and hackathons across India to test autonomous object retrieval algorithms.

What You'll Build

You'll assemble and program a wheeled robot with a 4-DOF arm, lidar for mapping, and a camera for object recognition. The final system can autonomously navigate to a detected object, position the arm, and execute a pick-and-place sequence using inverse kinematics — a core challenge in modern AI robotics that extends the robot’s workspace far beyond a fixed base.

What You'll Learn

• Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) with RPLidar on ROS2
• Coordinate transformation between mobile base and robotic arm using tf2
• Object detection and pose estimation with Pi Camera and OpenCV
• Multi-motor control synchronization for smooth mobile manipulation

Kit Contents

Why Buy This Kit Instead of Sourcing Parts Separately

Who This Kit Is For

This kit is designed for B.Tech ECE and EEE students working on final-year robotics projects, Smart India Hackathon participants tackling autonomous systems, and research students at IIT, NIT, VIT, and BITS Pilani who need a reproducible platform for mobile manipulation experiments. Makers with prior Arduino or Raspberry Pi experience who want to graduate to ROS2-based coordinated robotics will also find it challenging yet rewarding.

Built and Backed by Compoden

Every Compoden kit ships with an AI build companion trained on this exact project — accessible via a QR code on the box, with WhatsApp and email backup. We've spent 10 years building projects for makers, schools, and institutions across India. If a part fails because of a manufacturing defect, replace it free within 7 days.