For the Robolab, we built a customized and optimized Operating System based on Debian.
For the EV3-Bricks, it is based on the ev3dev distribution and called ev3dev-robolab.
For the Modbricks, it is based on Raspberry Pi OS Lite and called modbrick-robolab.
Please consult OS > Getting Started for how to get the correct OS up and running on your robot.
The default login credentials for the robolab images are:
robotmakerFor security reasons, you are forced to change the default password on first login
Please make sure to download the correct image for your brick!
The latest release we offer for the Modbricks is v1.0.1.
This image is based on Debian Trixie and will follow the latest Version of Raspberry Pi OS.
The latest releases we offer for the EV3 Bricks are v2.7.4-rust for Rust and v2.6.5.2 for Python.
This image is based on Debian Buster and will no longer be updated.
For validating the images see our Checksums file.
This section gives you some insight of which features we added to our image compared to the original one.
If you just want to use our OS without any further reading, you can safely skip it.
Changes since v2.7.x:
Changes since v2.6.x:
Changes since v2.5.x:
beep for non-root usersChanges since v2.4.x:
Changes since v2.3.x:
Changes since v1.x:
sudo operationsRoboLab PlaygroundOur OS ev3dev-robolab is a stripped down version of ev3dev and comes with the following additional features:
Furthermore, it was tweaked to provide better reliability, higher performance and less memory consumption after boot.