# About the Robot Hardware category

**URL:** <https://xrp.discourse.group/t/about-the-robot-hardware-category/16>\
**Category:** Robot Hardware\
**Created:** [May 13, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://xrp.discourse.group/t/about-the-robot-hardware-category/16 "2023-05-13T01:40:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bamiller](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/xrp.discourse.group/bamiller/32/5_2.png) [@bamiller](https://xrp.discourse.group/u/bamiller)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://xrp.discourse.group/t/about-the-robot-hardware-category/16/1 "2023-05-13T01:40:38Z")

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Ideas or cool new designs? Show everyone what you’ve got. If you have any suggestions or issues with the hardware, please let us know.

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**Author:** ![sam\_uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sam\_uk](https://xrp.discourse.group/u/sam_uk)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://xrp.discourse.group/t/about-the-robot-hardware-category/16/2 "2023-08-11T10:25:23Z")

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I’d like to see the option to mount female headers for the Pi

Users could then swap it out for a [ESP32-S3](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005534238089.html) if they wanted to use [Arduino sketches](https://github.com/platisd/smartcar_shield#software) or a [full-blown ROS2 controller such as Linorobot2](https://github.com/hippo5329/linorobot2_hardware)