an open hardware robot for education

While robotics becomes pervasive and people get used to the idea of robots interacting with human beings in daily life, the culture of this technology and science has to be introduced in early studies. Robotics teaching is in fact a reality in Universities but a lot of interest truly exist even in High and Sec-ondary School. However, since the cost of a robotic laboratory is relevant, the development of inexpensive devices for teaching in Secondary Schools is nec-essary. In this paper we present Eddy (Educational Device: Do it Yourself!,) our own educational mobile robot. Our aim is to provide a cheap mobile plat-form with highly customizable sensor capability. Also, by following the Open Hardware Paradigm, we provide all schematics and source code in order to let students build, enhance and use their own robot.