Product profile
TurtleBot 4 Lite
TurtleBot 4 Lite is Clearpath Robotics' lower-profile ROS 2 learning and research robot. It retains the Create 3 base, Raspberry Pi 4B, RPLIDAR A1M8 and OA...
Facts
- Company
- Clearpath Robotics
- Product type
- mobile_robot
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- ROS 2 robotics learning
- Website
- https://clearpathrobotics.com/turtlebot-4/
About TurtleBot 4 Lite
TurtleBot 4 Lite is the lower-profile, barebones model in Clearpath Robotics' ROS 2 learning-robot family. It uses the same iRobot Create 3 base, Raspberry Pi 4B and RPLIDAR A1M8 as the Standard model, but pairs them with an OAK-D-Lite camera. At 192 mm high, it omits the Standard model's sensor tower, OLED display, Bluetooth controller and dedicated mounting plate.
The Lite model still supports mapping, autonomous navigation, camera-based AI work and automatic docking through the shared open-source TurtleBot software. Sensors and accessories can be attached to the Create 3 faceplate or placed in its cargo bay, making the model suitable for classroom exercises and compact research prototypes where the Standard model's exposed power, USB and interface hardware are unnecessary.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Learning robot
Core: TurtleBot 4 Lite
Function: Robotics learning
Audience: Students, developers
Specifications
- camera
- OAK-D-Lite
- dimensions
- 342 x 339 x 192 mm mm
- lidar
- RPLIDAR A1M8
- max_linear_velocity_safe_mps
- 0.31 m/s in safe mode m/s
- max_linear_velocity_unrestricted_mps
- 0.46 m/s without safe mode m/s
- max_payload_kg
- 9 kg kg
- onboard_computer
- Raspberry Pi 4B 4 GB
- operating_time
- 2.5-4 hours depending on load h
- weight_kg
- 3.270 kg kg
Operations
- Environment
- research laboratories, classrooms, indoor test spaces
- Primary user
- students, robotics educators, robotics researchers, autonomy developers
- Role
- mapping and navigation development, robotics education, AI vision prototyping
- Interaction model
- autonomous operation, remote teleoperation, ROS 2 software integration, sensor integration
- Mobility class
- wheeled indoor research platform
- Product detail
- robot, 1600, repaired to existing robotics_research_platform subtype, 900, cc15bd3613c21c18271c15a4e4fc87a85bd8859e486587879f186759436e8db2, reviewed_16x9_official_media, AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT, Robotics Learning Platform, TurtleBot 4 is an education and research platform, not a warehouse material-transport AMR., existing_category_first, official_exact_product_and_manual, https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.clearpathrobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/16113619/TurtleBot-4-Lite-Render.71.png,...
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 — 2025-09-15
- Clearpath demonstrates Hovermap integration on Jackal UGV — 2025-08-07