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Share, discover, and remix robot recipes — configs that real builders have tested on real hardware.
Presets = full robot config (hardware + brain). Skills = single capabilities you can add to any robot. Harnesses = complete bundles (preset + skills + persona).
PiCar-X Home Patrol Bot
Autonomous nightly patrol with Gemini vision. Spots open windows, water leaks, and items on the floor. Alerts via WhatsApp.
castor install picar-home-patrol-e7f3a1 Farm Scout — Crop Inspector
4WD rover that checks crop rows for pests, disease, and dry spots using Llama 3.3 on Hugging Face. Daily Telegram reports.
castor install llama-farm-scout-b4d2e8 Classroom Q&A Assistant
Wheeled robot that answers student questions via WhatsApp using Claude Haiku. Rate-limited and content-filtered for classroom use.
castor install classroom-assistant-a1c3f7 Warehouse Inventory Scanner
Nightly aisle patrols with Gemini vision reading QR codes and shelf labels. Flags misplaced items and empty slots in a morning report.
castor install warehouse-inventory-d5e9b2 Garden Health Monitor
Solar-powered stationary robot monitoring plant health and soil moisture. Daily Telegram reports with watering recommendations via GPT-4o.
castor install garden-monitor-f2a8c4 Pet Companion Bot
Interactive robot that entertains cats and dogs with random movement and treat dispensing. Claude Sonnet vision detects pet behavior.
castor install pet-companion-b7d1e6 Research Data Collector
Multi-sensor fleet platform for environmental field research. GPS-tagged data, fleet coordination, and structured JSONL logging.
castor install research-data-collector-c9f4a3 camera-describe
Capture and describe what the robot's camera sees. Works with any camera-equipped robot. No consent needed — read-only vision.
castor install skill:camera-describe web-lookup
Answer questions requiring current or external information. Uses Brave Search API or DuckDuckGo fallback. No robot hardware required.
castor install skill:web-lookup arm-manipulate
Pick up, grab, place, and manipulate objects using a robotic arm. Requires explicit user consent before executing. Supports SO-ARM101 and Dynamixel arms.
castor install skill:arm-manipulate navigate-to
Move to named locations, follow users, or navigate to coordinates. Uses camera + distance sensors for safe navigation. Requires explicit consent for physical motion.
castor install skill:navigate-to peer-coordinate
Consult, delegate to, or collaborate with other robots in the fleet via RCAN. "Ask Alex to check the other room." Bob and Alex use this to split tasks.
castor install skill:peer-coordinate Bob — Pi 4 + OAK-D
Complete harness for a Raspberry Pi 4 + OAK-D robot with Gemini 2.0 Flash brain. Includes web-lookup, camera-describe, peer-coordinate skills + RCAN 1.6 config. Craig's primary research robot.
castor install harness:bob-pi4-oakd Alex — SO-ARM101 + Gemini
Complete harness for a SO-ARM101 6-DOF arm with Gemini 2.0 Flash brain in Docker. Includes arm-manipulate, peer-coordinate skills, full P66 safety config.
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