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Robots, end effectors and software: compare setup requirements, configuration costs and source files.

81 entries

Source researched · Not hands-on tested

Actuated UMI

End effector · Parallel and adaptive grippers

XL430-W250-T drives a belt/rail gripper with constant-force springs; U2D2 and power hub are listed.

Parallel jawsDocumented cobot interface

Ada robotic hand V1.1

End effector · Five-finger robotic development hand

Five-actuator robotic development hand with a flexible printed palm, rigid covers and separate Almond controller and Artichoke firmware sources.

Tendon driveGrasping

Aero Hand Open

End effector · Dexterous hands

A five-finger tendon-driven hand with seven actuators, sixteen joints and separate hardware/software licenses.

Tendon drive

ALARIS Hand

End effector · Dexterous hands

Six-DoF anthropomorphic hand with linkage fingers, adaptive thumb and worm-and-rack transmissions.

Allstruder

End effector · Paste and syringe extrusion

A modular syringe pump and extrusion design with printable parts and multiple syringe and mounting configurations.

Syringe extrusion

ALOHA

Robot · Two leader arms and two follower arms

A four-arm bimanual teleoperation and demonstration-recording system with a separate learning stack.

Manipulation

Amazing Hand

End effector · Dexterous hands

A printable four-finger hand with eight actuators and a Reachy 2 wrist interface.

Annin AR4 (MK3 configuration)

Robot · Six-axis articulated arm

A six-axis workshop arm with printed or aluminum structure; this review covers MK3 and its matching 6.3-series controls.

Manipulation

Asimov v1

Robot · Biped humanoid

A 1.2 m humanoid design with separate media and motion computers, fabricated metal/nylon structure and an unfinished locomotion-policy release.

Research

BCN3D Moveo

Robot · Printed articulated arm

A printed educational robot arm with CAD, firmware, BOM and assembly documents in one source repository.

Manipulation

Berkeley Humanoid Lite

Robot · Printed-gearbox humanoid

A humanoid built around printed gearboxes, with separate simulation assets and low-level control code that requires joint calibration after power cycles.

Research

Bloft Bad-Ass Pellet Extruder

End effector · Pellet extrusion

Large-format pellet screw extrusion around a purchased RobotDigg 16 mm compression screw/barrel and NEMA23 flange.

Pellet extrusionCable robot tooling

Bolt

Robot · Biped with three active axes per leg and a passive ankle

A six-actuator research biped with passive ankles, tethered power/data and no active yaw control.

Research

CRAFT Hand

End effector · Dexterous hands

Printable CRAFT Hand parts and Bambu print profiles with left/right palm and thumb alternatives.

Delta X accessory family

End effector · Delta tooling

A family of fourth-axis jaw grippers, flexible jaws, single/double suction heads, pen tools and a filament-printing head.

Delta robot tooling

Delta-Robot One magnetic tool

End effector · Delta tooling

Magnetic pick-and-place tool carried by the Delta-Robot One moving platform.

Magnetic pickupDelta robot tooling

DexHand

End effector · Dexterous hands

A tendon-driven hand with wrist and forearm; v1 build modifications differ from the v2 early-access design.

Dummy-Robot

Robot · Compact articulated arm

A compact custom arm combining CNC parts, harmonic reducers and custom motor-control electronics.

Manipulation

E3D ToolChanger hardware

End effector · Tool coupling and docking components

Tool-coupling hardware with dimensioned aluminum parts, a stepper-driven latch and V6/Hemera tool variants.

Tool changing

FabMX extruder

End effector · Pellet extrusion

Pellet extruder with multiple STEP revisions and NEMA17/NEMA23 variants, intended for MIM printing materials.

Pellet extrusion

Faze4

Robot · Desktop articulated arm

A six-axis printed arm built around cycloidal gearboxes, with separate mechanical and control documentation.

Manipulation

FlexiCup

End effector · Suction and sensing

A suction cup combining vision and tactile sensing with wireless electronics.

Vacuum / suction

Galileo 2 Extruder (G2E)

End effector · Planetary-geared filament feeder

Planetary-geared filament feeder for a Stealthburner toolhead, with custom gearbox parts, selectable printed housings and a detailed assembly manual.

Filament extrusionCartesian printer tooling

Grip4SO101

End effector · Electric grippers

A printable replacement gripper for SO-101 that reuses the original gripper motor.

Parallel jaws

HOPE Jr

Robot · Humanoid project; reviewed build route is arm, hand and teleoperation exoskeleton

A humanoid development project with a separate arm-and-exoskeleton branch of work for LeRobot teleoperation.

Manipulation

HRI Hand

End effector · Dexterous hands

Six linear actuators drive five fingers with coupled joints; NUCLEO-F303K8 control, Bluetooth and ROS support.

Documented cobot interface

iCub

Robot · Research humanoid family; hardware revision not selected

A research humanoid family whose hardware revisions, robot configuration and software distribution must be matched before reproduction.

Research

igus Humanoid Open Platform

Robot · Humanoid soccer research platform; captured CAD covers the body shell

A humanoid soccer research platform with a released load-bearing plastic body design and a separately maintained ROS framework.

Research

InMoov

Robot · Modular humanoid; reviewed starting configurations are Finger Starter and one i2 hand

A modular printable humanoid with body-section tutorials, tendon-driven hands and a separate MyRobotLab control route.

Learning & education

Jubilee tool ecosystem

End effector · Tool changing

Kinematic tool-changing ecosystem including extrusion and pen tools; liquid-handling use is reported.

Tool changingCartesian printer tooling

K-Bot

Robot · Modular humanoid

A public-alpha humanoid project whose CAD, operating system, simulation and inference code live in separate sources.

Research

Koch arm

Robot · Desktop robot arm

A printable Dynamixel arm with a separate leader design for teleoperation and robot-learning experiments.

LEAP Hand

End effector · Dexterous hands

An anthropomorphic hand with Full and Lite motor options and separate CAD downloads.

Documented cobot interface

LeRobot

Project · library

Tools for collecting robot demonstrations and training and deploying learned policies.

Robot learningData collectionLeRobot

Linear-stepper paste extruder

End effector · Paste and syringe extrusion

Compact syringe plunger driven by an NPM PFCL25-48Q4 linear stepper; printed parts optimized for ABS.

Syringe extrusionDelta printer tooling

LumenPnP nozzle subsystem

End effector · Vacuum and small-part handling

A vacuum pick-and-place nozzle subsystem with inventoried FreeCAD holder and spring files and separate purchased-component references.

Vacuum / suction

Magnetic toolchanger V1

End effector · Magnetic tool coupling

Experimental printer tool changer that rotates permanent-magnet rings to attach lightweight tools; requires custom docks and Klipper configuration.

Tool changingCartesian printer toolingTool changing

MAGPIE gripper

End effector · Parallel and adaptive grippers

Two AX-12A servos drive parallel fingers through four-bar linkages; OpenRB-150 control and a palm RealSense D405.

Parallel jawsDocumented cobot interface

MeArm

Robot · Laser-cut articulated arm

A four-degree-of-freedom educational arm made from versioned laser-cut parts.

Manipulation

Microban

Robot · Compact printed humanoid

A roughly 30 cm printed humanoid using 19 DYNAMIXEL servos, a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and a custom-fabricated robot HAT.

Learning & education

MiniRHex

Robot · Six-legged walking robot

A six-legged educational robot with printable chassis and legs, Dynamixel motors and Arduino control.

MoveIt 2

Project · framework

A ROS 2 manipulation framework supporting motion planning and kinematics.

ManipulationROS 2Motion planning

MSG gripper

End effector · Electric grippers

A modular stepper-driven gripper with selectable rail and motor lengths.

Adaptive grip

NICO

Robot · Humanoid interaction platform

A humanoid interaction research platform with distinct FDM and SLS-oriented mechanical designs and a separate software repository.

Research

NimbRo-OP2 / OP2X

Robot · OP2 and OP2X humanoid soccer research variants

Two humanoid soccer research designs with separate CAD, actuator selections and fabrication requirements.

Research

Niryo One

Robot · Printed articulated arm

Printable Niryo One arm designs with a separate ROS stack and a documented older-hardware archive.

Manipulation

Open Duck Mini

Robot · Open Duck Mini v2 biped; standard print set distinguished from community modifications

A small printed biped with bus servos, a Raspberry Pi runtime and learned walking policies; the reviewed v2 build still has documentation and configuration gaps.

OpenArm

Robot · Articulated arm platform

An arm research platform whose hardware release separates the arm, evaluation cell and KER assemblies.

Manipulation

OpenMANIPULATOR-X

Robot · Four-joint arm with actuated gripper

A four-joint DYNAMIXEL arm with a separate gripper axis, documented for PC-based ROS control or standalone OpenCR operation.

ManipulationROS 2

ORCA Hand hardware

End effector · Dexterous hands

Tendon-driven hand family with base, touch, lite and joint-sensing variants; Feetech and Dynamixel motor-specific parts.

Tendon driveDocumented cobot interface

Oxygem modified Replistruder 5

End effector · Paste and syringe extrusion

Modified Replistruder 5 with NEMA17, 3:1 GT2 belt reduction, anti-backlash TR8×1.5 lead screw and 1 mL Hamilton syringe.

Syringe extrusionCartesian printer tooling

PAROL6

Robot · Printed desktop arm

A printed desktop arm with a separate Commander application and a required PAROL6 control board.

Manipulation

pib

Robot · Printable humanoid on a stand; this review scopes the #5 basic design

A printable humanoid whose #5 basic design replaces the #4 part set and uses Raspberry Pi 5 compute.

Learning & education

PincOpen

End effector · Parallel and adaptive grippers

Printed parallel fingers with interchangeable tips and a Feetech STS3215; optional camera mount.

Parallel jaws

Poppy Ergo

Robot · Six-axis articulated arm

A six-axis research arm using Dynamixel MX-28 motors and Python control.

Manipulation

Poppy Ergo Jr

Robot · Six-axis educational arm

A six-axis educational arm using printable parts, Dynamixel XL-320 servos and Raspberry Pi control.

Manipulation

Poppy Humanoid

Robot · Printed humanoid

A printed research humanoid using 25 Dynamixel actuators and a documented legacy Odroid setup.

ResearchLearning & education

Raptor pellet extruder

End effector · Pellet extrusion

A pellet-printing design for an Ender-3 conversion, with inventoried screw, barrel and heat-block geometry.

Pellet extrusionCartesian printer tooling

Reachy 2

Robot · Humanoid platform

A Reachy 2 ROS 2 workspace providing robot descriptions, control interfaces and simulation launch components.

SimulationROS 2

Reachy Mini

Robot · Expressive desktop robot

An expressive desktop robot with separate Wireless, USB-connected Lite and simulation setup routes.

SimulationRaspberry Pi

RealMan RMG24

End effector · Parallel and adaptive grippers

Parallel gripper using the WHJ03 joint module, interface PCB and 24 V RS485/Modbus RTU control.

Parallel jaws

Replistruder 5

End effector · Paste and syringe extrusion

Syringe extrusion design for FRESH hydrogel printing, distributed as STL and STP in a versioned Zenodo archive.

Syringe extrusion

Rhino V2 adaptive gripper

End effector · Underactuated two-finger gripper

Underactuated two-finger gripper with DM4310 actuation, assembly CAD and a mixed fabrication BOM; control licensing is unresolved.

Adaptive gripGrasping

Robonine parallel gripper

End effector · Electric grippers

A parallel gripper for SO-ARM100/101 with selectable guide rods and modular printed parts.

Parallel jaws

ROBOTIS OP3

Robot · Biped humanoid

A 20-joint research humanoid with a 2025 ROS 2 revision and an older ROS 1 software lineage that must be kept distinct.

Research

RUKA

End effector · Dexterous hands

A learned-control humanoid hand with external fabrication instructions, CAD and controller data.

Tendon driveDocumented cobot interface

SimpleSliderHand

End effector · Parallel and adaptive grippers

Tendon-driven sliding jaws on a 12 mm rail, MX28T servo, OpenCM9 and EXP485. Optional capacitor board supports power-loss repositioning.

Parallel jawsTendon driveDocumented cobot interface

SO-101

Robot · Desktop manipulator

A printable robot arm for teleoperation and robot-learning experiments.

TeleoperationManipulationLeRobot

SoAG soft gripper

End effector · Soft grippers

A pneumatic soft gripper made with cast elastomer and printed molds.

Soft gripPneumatic actuation

Solo

Robot · Solo12 wired quadruped, with separately documented autonomy upgrade

A modular torque-controlled quadruped family; this review distinguishes wired Solo12 from its battery-and-wireless upgrade.

Research

SSG-48

End effector · Electric grippers

A motor-driven adaptive gripper with a reported 48 mm stroke and CAN control.

Adaptive grip

Stanford Doggo

Robot · Quadruped with four two-degree-of-freedom legs

A historical eight-actuator quadruped using coaxial leg mechanisms, Teensy control and customized ODrive firmware.

Research

Stanford Pupper

Robot · Original Pupper v1 servo-driven quadruped

The original servo-driven Stanford Pupper, a Raspberry Pi quadruped whose upstream support has ended in favor of a separate v3 design.

Learning & education

Thor

Robot · Articulated six-axis arm

A printable six-degree-of-freedom teaching arm with editable FreeCAD, STEP and STL mechanical sources.

Manipulation

ToddlerBot

Robot · Printed research humanoid

A humanoid research platform with distinct 2XC and 2XM motor configurations, separate PCB sourcing and noncommercial hardware terms.

Research

TurtleBot3 Burger

Robot · Wheeled mobile platform

A mobile robot platform for learning and experimenting with navigation.

NavigationLearning & educationROS 2

Voron Stealthburner

End effector · Filament extrusion

Filament toolhead platform with CAD and printable housings for a printer extrusion assembly.

Filament extrusionCartesian printer tooling

Yale OpenHand

End effector · Adaptive grippers

A family of adaptive hands with shared CAD parts and a separate Dynamixel control repository.

Adaptive grip

YAM

Robot · Six-axis articulated arm

A family of six-axis YAM arms supported by a Python and CAN control library with revision-specific models.

Manipulation

Yeah Hand

End effector · Dexterous hands

Yeah Hand/Rebelia lineage: humanlike hand with separate robot/prosthetic firmware and commercial servos.

YUBI gripper

End effector · Robot-mounted two-finger gripper

DYNAMIXEL-driven two-finger gripper with a camera, assembly CAD and robot-specific mounting parts.

Documented cobot interface

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