XRP Robotics Platform

What is XRP?

XRP is a low-cost, open-source, educational robotics platform designed to serve everyone from K-12 students just beginning their STEM journeys to graduate students exploring advanced topics in embedded systems, computer vision, controls, and AI.

Built through a collaboration with FIRST, Sparkfun, Deka, Raspberry Pi, STMicroelectronics, DigiKey, WPI, and Cornell, XRP empowers the next generation of STEM leaders.

Highlights

• Launched in collaboration with the FIRST Robotics community (1M+ participants worldwide)
• Used in over 190 countries and every classroom in New Hampshire
• Debuted at the FIRST National Championship to 50,000+ attendees annually in Houston, TX
• Spaceflight testing in collaboration with NASA’s Astrobee, with a launch planned in 2026

Innovative Use Cases

• Classic line-followers, maze solvers, and sumo bots
• Race cars with first-person camera control
• Agricultural bots for plant health monitoring
• Space-travel versions in partnership with NASA and Lockheed Martin RMS

BuddyBot

BuddyBot is a companion to the Minibot, designed to test advanced features not yet suitable for education kits. It promotes innovation through novel technologies and encourages young inventors to dive into robotics.

Minibot Features

• Vision: Overhead positioning system with ~1 cm accuracy
• Education: Blockly + Python + physical programming for early learners
• Emotion System: LCD screen and feedback developed with Disney Imagineering
• Sensors: Compatible with ultrasonic, IR, color, RFID, pressure sensors and more via Sparkfun Qwiic
• Modularity: SnapBolt™ attachments and new awning design

Explore the MiniXRP Chassis

Download the 3D model and follow the instructional guide to assemble your own MiniXRP with PenBot.

View MiniXRP on Printables

AgXRP: Agricultural Education in the Age of Automation

Agriculture combines genetics, engineering, climate science, and more to ensure global food security. Its interdisciplinary nature and real-world impact make it an ideal context to teach automation to the next generation.

What is AgXRP?

AgXRP is part of the XRP ecosystem, designed for precision agriculture. It uses 3D printed parts and PVC pipe to create a gantry-based XY platform for tending garden beds. A core tool head with a peristaltic pump waters plants and mounts sensors and tools to collect data or perform tasks.

As an open, customizable platform, AgXRP introduces students to automation in agriculture while making concepts in data science, biology, engineering, and business tangible and engaging.

• XY gantry driven by gear systems
• Microcontroller for sensing and control
• 3D printed peristaltic pump for irrigation

Experiential Cloud Farms

AgXRP also supports remote farm management, enabling students to operate greenhouse robots as telemetry labs. They can plan every aspect of planting to harvest from anywhere in the world.

Through cloud farms, students collaborate with global partners, local farmers, and humanitarian efforts to design, optimize, and manage robotic farming systems.

Get Involved

Our consortium is seeking partners to expand AgXRP and experiential agricultural robotics. Contact us:

• Technical Lead for AgXRP: Dr. Jonathan Jaramillo, Cornell University — jdj78@cornell.edu
• Consortia Director: Dr. David Rogers, Experiential — david@experiential.bot