Open Hardware Platform Humanoid Robot
SUSTAINA-OP™ RoboCup2022 Edition
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## What is SUSTAINA-OP™ ?
SUSTAINA-OP™ is an open hardware platform developed to reduce the high cost of developing robot hardware. It is designed by Masato Kubotera, based on the "[Gankenkun](https://github.com/citbrains/OpenPlatform)" robot series developed by Hiroaki Shimoyoshi. SUSTAINA-OP™ was adopted as the official robot of the team "[CIT Brains](https://github.com/citbrains)" of Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan, and won the world championship of RoboCup Humanoid League KidSize in 2022.
> [!CAUTION]
> Copyright for SUSTAINA-OP™ is held by Masato Kubotera, not by CIT Brains. The copyright has not been completely abandoned.
## Development Environments
The mechanism for this product was designed in **Autodesk Inventor 2022**.
## License Information
This product is open source. Please review the [LICENSE](/SUSTAINA-OP/LICENSE) for license information.
This product by Masato Kubotera is licensed under a [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
> [!NOTE]
> **Summary:**
> - **Attribution** — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
> - **NonCommercial** — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
> - **ShareAlike** — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
> [!TIP]
> - **Examples of appropriate credit** — [SUSTAINA-OP™](https://github.com/SUSTAINA-OP/SUSTAINA-OP) © Masato Kubotera (2022) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED
> >
> - **Reference & Citation**
> To reference and/or cite the work contained in this repository, please use the following publications:
> - Kubotera, M. and Hayashibara, Y.: SUSTAINA-OP™: Kid-sized Open Hardware Platform Humanoid Robot with Emphasis on Sustainability. RoboCup 2023: Robot World Cup XXVI, pp.166–178 (2024) [Springer](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-55015-7_14)
> [!IMPORTANT]
> - **Handling of work products** — All work products related to SUSTAINA-OP™ should be released as open source, even if they are utilized in a narrow community where closed development may be a priority.
> - **Request for prior inquiry** — The developer of SUSTAINA-OP™ is currently employed at the Chiba Institute of Technology. If you are a student at or related to the University and wish to use the SUSTAINA-OP™ deliverables, please contact us in advance.
## Acknowledgements
SUSTAINA-OP™ is a robot that incorporates the expertise accumulated by former CIT Brains members who participated in the RoboCup Humanoid League. CIT Brains members collaborated with us in building the actual robots. Additionally, I drew inspiration from various open-source hardware while designing and developing the robot. I would like to express my gratitude to these individuals.
## Contact
If you have any questions, please contact the designer of this product, Masato Kubodera, by [E-mail](masatokubotera06@yahoo.co.jp).