Summit XL (now branded RB-SUMMIT) is an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) from Robotnik, designed for a wide range of R&D applications — especially outdoors, but also indoors. Its strengths are versatility, flexibility and modularity: the platform can be configured and extended with various sensors, superstructures and arms.
The robot carries payloads of up to 50 kg and navigates autonomously using Robotnik's ROS-based software. Declared autonomy is around 5 hours, and an arm-equipped variant (e.g. an integrated Kinova arm) forms the RB-SUMMIT+ mobile manipulator. Summit XL is a popular reference platform in navigation and mobile-robotics research — for example, it serves as the outdoor reference robot in the open-source EasyNavigation (EasyNav) navigation system.
With native integration into the ROS/ROS 2 ecosystem and its modular design, Summit XL is used in logistics, agriculture, inspection (e.g. photovoltaic panels, electrical substations), security and surveillance, and in numerous academic and industrial projects.
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