Hello, Gopherbot!
Robot helmet
Cybernetic fusion of robot and gopher, the transformation begins when Gopherbot puts on the 3D printed helmet.
Gopher plushie
The friendly gopher is the mascot of the Go programming language. Gopherbot is an interpretation of the Go gopher originally created by Renee French (https://www.instagram.com/reneefrench/)
Programmable Fun
Furrie hardware can be programmed using TinyGo (https://tinygo.org) and flashed using a USB cable. Once you have loaded your code, Gopherbot does not need to be connected to a computer.
Springie Antenna
You have an LED on the end of a springie antenna. Boing!
Blinkie Visor LEDs
Blinkie LEDs are better when worn with fur, there is no doubt. Each RGB LED in the Gopherbot visor can be individually controlled.
Sensor Backpack
Detect motion, measure the temperature, play sounds, or do them all at once, thanks to the Gopherbot built-in sensor backpack. Plus more Neopixel LEDs!
How To Program Gopherbot
Adafruit Circuit Playground Express
The brain of Gopherbot is an Adafruit Circuit Playground Express (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-circuit-playground-express) that has been connected to our special 3-D printed helmet.
Thanks to the Adafruit board, Gopherbot also has a bunch of other hardware devices built in, such as:
- Accelerometer
- 2 Control buttons
- Temperature sensor
- Light sensor
- MEMS microphone
- Tiny speaker
- IR transmit/receive
- More "Neopixel" RGB LEDs
TinyGo
TinyGo (https://tinygo.org) is a Go compiler that works for microcontrollers like the Circuit Playground Express. TinyGo gives you the power of Golang but small enough to run anywhere.
Open source code and hardware designs included
The full TinyGo code for Gopherbot is open source so you can modify and extend it to make Gopherbot do anything you want.
What You Get
Gopherbot Sticker Pack
Sticker pack with TinyGo, Gobot and GoCV
Downloadable STL files
Parts list
Access to source code
Good feeling from sponsoring open source like TinyGo
Gopherbot Kit
Custom 3D printed helmet in any of the available PLA colors.
Adafruit Circuit Playground Express board
Gopher plushie in either pink or blue color.
All of the rest of the parts to assemble your own Gopherbot
Great feeling from sponsoring open source like TinyGo, and helping to develop the future of embedded technology.
Gopherbot - Fully Assembled
Fully assembled and tested Gopherbot, ready to play with out of the box
Special custom decorative theme option for your Gopherbot.
Access to technical support from the creators of TinyGo for your Gopherbot projects
Fantastic feeling from knowing that you played a significant part in creating the most advanced platform for embedded software. Fellow human, you are a true hero.
Planned Production Schedule
Pre-campaign begins MARCH 25 ends APRIL 1
Crowdfunding campaign begins APRIL 2 ends MAY 2
Final prototype MAY 31
Order all materials JUNE 15
Manufacture/shipping starts JULY
Why Gopherbot?
Gopherbot is a cool way to help open source, have fun, and learn to program physical devices all at the same time.
My name is Ron Evans aka @deadprogram and I am the creator of Gopherbot. The purpose of this campaign is to help fund the ongoing development of the open source software TinyGo (https://tinygo.org), GoCV (https://gocv.io), and Gobot (https://gobot.io) that make Go hardware oriented programming possible.
Sponsoring Gopherbot will help to do this and will also get you a fun thing to play with. Won’t you help out too? Thank you.
I Want To Help, But Can't Afford It
We get it if you want to help, but are on a tight budget. There are 2 things you can still do:
- Back the "Gopherbot Sticker Pack" and you get some cool stickers and plans to build your own Gopherbot from parts that you source yourself.
- Get the word out to other people who can help.
Thank you!
