Product profile
TurtleBot 4
TurtleBot 4 is Clearpath Robotics' ROS 2 mobile robot platform for education, research and prototyping. Built on the iRobot Create 3 base, it includes inte...
Facts
- Company
- Clearpath Robotics
- Product type
- research_ugv
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- ROS education and research
- Website
- https://clearpathrobotics.com/turtlebot-4/
About TurtleBot 4
TurtleBot 4 combines an iRobot Create 3 mobile base with ROS 2 compute and development hardware. Standard models add a two-dimensional lidar, OAK-D depth camera and Raspberry Pi computer, while Lite models provide a simpler entry configuration.
The platform supports autonomous docking, mapping, navigation, computer vision and manipulator integration. Clearpath publishes open-source software, simulation models and educational material for laboratories and classrooms. Expansion plates and accessible power interfaces support additional sensors and application hardware.
Market context
robot, Research UGV, mobile_robot, Research UGV, mobile_robot, research_ugv, mobile_robot
Summary
Type: Research UGV
Core: ROS 2 platform
Function: Education R&D
Audience: Labs
Specifications
- control_stack
- ROS 2 pre-installed
- dimensions
- 341 x 339 x 351 mm Standard; 341 x 339 x 192 mm Lite
- max_speed_mps
- 0.31 m/s m/s
- payload_capacity_kg
- 9 kg default; 15 kg custom configuration kg
- runtime_h
- 2.5 - 4.0 hrs load dependent
- weight_kg
- 3.9 kg Standard; 3.3 kg Lite
Operations
- Environment
- labs, classrooms and prototyping environments
- Primary user
- robotics educators, researchers and developers
- Role
- mobile robot learning and prototyping
- Interaction model
- operator_supervised
- Mobility class
- compact wheeled mobile robot
- Product detail
- robot, Research UGV, mobile_robot, Research UGV, mobile_robot, research_ugv, mobile_robot
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- VASO paper evaluates formally verifiable physical-AI skills on Clearpath Jackal — 2026-06-03
- Safety-constrained RL paper validates reachability-checked navigation on Clearpath Jackal — 2026-05-13
- GA3T dataset uses Clearpath Husky for air-ground traversability research — 2026-05-07
- YOPO-Nav paper benchmarks visual navigation on Clearpath Jackal trajectories — 2025-12-10
- Heterogeneous robot-collaboration paper runs real-world missions with Clearpath Jackal — 2025-10-30
- Kinodynamic-planning paper reports off-road field experiments with Clearpath Warthog UGV — 2025-09-30
- Zero-to-autonomy paper tests online dynamics adaptation on Clearpath Jackal — 2025-09-16
- Clearpath demonstrates Hovermap integration on Jackal UGV — 2025-08-07