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

154 entries

Source researched · Not hands-on tested

Acorn

Robot · Precision farming rover; software and hardware repositories require configuration matching.

Precision farming rover with separate software, electronics and mechanical sources; the documented Docker simulation substitutes fake sensor data and is not evidence of field performance.

Acromonk

Robot · Underactuated brachiator with passive grippers for a horizontal ladder-bar test rig.

Underactuated bar-swinging research robot with one QDD actuator, passive hooks and simulation/control sources; requires a ladder test rig, and the reviewed hardware script conflicts with its guide.

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

Ardumower

Robot · DIY wheeled lawn-mower reference platform, selected Azurit firmware release.

DIY robotic mower reference platform; this review selects the 1.0a10-Azurit release and records its PCB configuration, stored-setting behavior and conflicting license notices.

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

BamBot

Robot · Two-arm mobile manipulator on a three-wheel omnidirectional base.

Two-arm mobile manipulator with a three-wheel omnidirectional base, released printable parts and a modified LeRobot control repository.

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

BlueROV2

Robot · Standard R4 underwater ROV with six vectored T200 thrusters; Heavy adds two thrusters.

Commercial underwater ROV with published integration CAD and open software; this profile selects the standard six-thruster R4 configuration and distinguishes it from the Heavy upgrade.

Bobble-Bot

Robot · Two-wheel inverted-pendulum balancing robot.

Two-wheel balancing robot with ROS 1 control and Gazebo simulation sources; physical construction uses custom motor drives, a Pi CAN shield and power distribution board.

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

Borinot

Robot · Six-motor aerial platform with a two-link extremity configurable for manipulation or contact-motion research.

Research aerial manipulator combining a six-motor flying platform with a two-link torque-controlled extremity and an external motion-capture setup.

Clover

Robot · Quadrotor, selected Clover 4.2 assembly variant.

Educational quadrotor platform pairing a PX4 flight controller with Raspberry Pi and ROS; this entry selects Clover 4.2 construction and the documented ROS Noetic image route.

CocoNuts

Robot · Humanoid CAD concept with a physically built one-leg benchmark described by the maintainer.

Humanoid design and one-leg benchmark exploring low leg inertia through belts and parallel linkages; the maintainer has put the project on hold.

CRAFT Hand

End effector · Dexterous hands

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

Crazyflie

Robot · Small quadrotor; selected brushed Crazyflie 2.1.

Small quadrotor development platform; this profile selects the brushed Crazyflie 2.1 hardware and distinguishes its firmware target from Brushless and Bolt variants.

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.

DIY hobby-servos quadruped

Robot · Printed quadruped with three hobby servos per leg.

Twelve-servo Raspberry Pi/Arduino quadruped with downloadable CAD and Python gait code; hardware is noncommercial source-available and manual calibration is required.

Donkey Car

Robot · Selected guide route: purchased HSP94186/Exceed Magnet-style RC chassis with Raspberry Pi, camera and PCA9685 steering/throttle interface.

Python RC-car platform for manual driving and optional learned control; reviewed Raspberry Pi/PCA9685 build guidance has OS-version conflicts and an incomplete parts budget.

Drake

Project · simulation

C++ and Python toolbox for multibody dynamics, mathematical optimization and model-based robot control, with installation choices tied to platform and solver requirements.

Duke Humanoid v1

Robot · Ten-degree-of-freedom research biped with articulated legs.

Ten-degree-of-freedom research biped with machined aluminum parts, EtherCAT motor control and learned locomotion; artifact and dependency licenses need separate checks.

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

ExoMy

Robot · Printed six-wheel rover with independently driven and steered wheels.

Six-wheel printed rover with separately preserved build files and ROS software; the reviewed default software uses ROS Melodic and requires per-robot calibration.

F1TENTH / RoboRacer

Robot · RC-based Ackermann-steered racing platform; pinned guide selects Traxxas Slash4x4 and Jetson XavierNX.

Ackermann-steered racing research platform; the preserved Xavier NX/Slash guide differs from its newer Orin Nano Super/Fiesta parts list and requires configuration-specific calibration.

FabMX extruder

End effector · Pellet extrusion

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

Pellet extrusion

FarmBot

Robot · Fixed-bed Cartesian gantry gardening robot with tracks, cross-slide, z-axis and universal tool mount.

Track-mounted gardening robot with a moving gantry and interchangeable tools; this profile selects FarmBot Genesis v1.8 documentation and distinguishes the standard and XL installations.

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

Flone

Robot · Quadrotor with laser-cut frame for smartphone or compact-camera payload.

Laser-cut quadrotor frame for carrying a smartphone or compact camera; the preserved frame files and original Spanish manual leave complete software and electronics reproduction unresolved.

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

Gazebo

Project · simulation

Robot simulation library and application with physics, sensors and plugins; Jetty setup and ROS integration require matching package and distribution choices.

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

Hoverbot

Robot · Two-wheel balancing platform with printed base, chassis and battery mounting pieces.

Two-wheel balancing robot project using a Raspberry Pi, pi3hat and moteus motor controllers, with printed parts and source-defined balance settings.

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

ICON Shared Memory

Project · library

C++ shared-memory transport and real-time utilities used by the ICON control framework.

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

Intrinsic Core

Project · framework

Local robotics runtime, SDK and real-time control framework with a documented machine-tending simulation route.

ManipulationPerceptionROS 2Gazebo

Intrinsic Inference

Project · framework

Preview framework for managing model-serving lifecycles and exposing inference services to ROS 2.

Configurable CNC machine-tending reference application using Intrinsic Core, behavior trees, perception and machine I/O.

ManipulationPerceptionROS 2Gazebo

Isaac Lab

Project · framework

GPU-accelerated robot-learning framework; the reviewed 3.0 early-access release introduces multiple physics backends and changed installation and migration workflows.

JetBot

Robot · Two driven wheels and a ball caster on a printed chassis.

Small Jetson Nano educational robot with printed chassis and browser-based control; the reviewed 0.4.3 build uses legacy Nano-specific images and matched wheel/caster parts.

JPL Open Source Rover

Robot · Six-wheel rocker-bogie rover with a differential pivot and steerable corner assemblies.

Six-wheel rocker-bogie rover with off-the-shelf mechanical parts and separate ROS control software; reviewed hardware and software snapshots need version and calibration reconciliation.

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

Just1

Robot · Four-wheel mecanum platform with a two-level printed chassis.

Raspberry Pi mecanum robot with ROS 2 navigation using lidar and an IMU; its published wheel commands are not measured wheel speeds.

K-Bot

Robot · Modular humanoid

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

Research

Kayra

Robot · 3D-printable humanoid with articulated servo-driven limbs.

Printable humanoid with FreeCAD sources, a Servo 2040 control route and MuJoCo examples; power selection and several servo mappings remain unresolved.

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

LeKiwi

Robot · Three-wheel holonomic base with a mounted follower arm and separate leader arm for teleoperation.

Three-wheel mobile manipulator with SO-100/SO-101 arm options, printed parts and a separate LeRobot teleoperation stack.

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

Linorobot

Robot · Selected route: two-wheel differential drive; the platform also supports four-wheel skid-steer and mecanum configurations.

Configurable ROS 2 mobile-robot stack; this profile selects a two-wheel differential-drive, ESP32 control route with separately versioned firmware and measured chassis parameters.

LoCO AUV

Robot · Underwater research vehicle with paired enclosure tubes and a three-thruster SimpleROV-3 control configuration.

Research autonomous underwater vehicle with Pixhawk, Raspberry Pi and Jetson TX2; this review selects the documented LoCO 1.0 configuration and separates later internal structure alternatives.

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

MABEL

Robot · Two-wheeled balancing robot with articulated servo legs.

Wheeled balancing robot with articulated servo legs, Arduino balance firmware and Raspberry Pi inverse-kinematics examples; electronics and controller integration remain incomplete.

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

Magni

Robot · Mobile base with a mounting top plate for application-specific equipment.

Mobile robot base with available ROS host software; the reviewed setup follows separately preserved Noetic sources, with unreleased controller firmware and revision-specific hardware constraints.

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

Malloc Guard

Project · library

C++ allocation monitor for detecting heap operations inside designated real-time sections.

MeArm

Robot · Laser-cut articulated arm

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

Manipulation

MEVITA

Robot · Biped with five controlled joints per leg.

Ten-joint biped with purchased actuators, machined and welded metal parts, and a ROS 1 learning-to-control workflow; external hardware rights and build completeness need separate checks.

MEVIUS

Robot · Quadruped with three controlled joints per leg.

Twelve-joint quadruped with purchased actuators and fabricated metal parts; its preserved ROS 1 control snapshot warns that the supplied policy is not very stable.

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

Mini Pupper

Robot · Original Mini Pupper four-legged robot; not the Mini Pupper 2 configuration.

Original Mini Pupper quadruped with twelve custom servos, Raspberry Pi hardware and separate movement/ROS stacks; hardware generation, image and calibration route must be matched.

MiniRHex

Robot · Six-legged walking robot

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

mjbots quad

Robot · Quadruped; selected A1 configuration has four legs and three controlled joints per leg.

Quadruped source collection with distinct A1 and A2 configurations, printable structural parts, C++ control and browser-based simulation; this review centers on the documented A1 operating configuration.

Mobile ALOHA

Robot · Mobile bimanual system with two follower arms and two leader arms.

Bimanual mobile manipulation platform integrating purchased arms and an AgileX Tracer base; the selected source covers teleoperation and episode recording.

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

MuJoCo

Project · simulation

Physics engine for articulated mechanisms and contact, with C/Python interfaces and a version-sensitive model and simulation workflow.

MuSHR

Robot · Selected Nano configuration: Redcat Blackout RC-based car with V3 printed upper frame.

RC-based research racecar; the reviewed Nano route uses V3 printed parts and separately versioned ROS control packages, with older firmware/image assumptions requiring validation.

NanoSaur

Robot · Small tracked robot with left and right tracks and printed structural parts.

Small tracked Jetson robot; this profile covers the preserved 1.5.1 source, whose container recipe targets ROS 2 Foxy and whose STL files carry noncommercial terms.

Nav2

Project · framework

ROS 2 navigation framework with configurable bringup, localization and behavior-tree navigation; robot and distribution matching are essential.

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

Octo

Project · model

Transformer diffusion robot policies with pretrained checkpoints and fine-tuning tools; observation history, action statistics and robot-specific interfaces must match the selected model.

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.

Open-Gripper-mini

End effector · Compact rack-driven parallel gripper

Compact rack-driven gripper with an assembly STEP and upstream build photo; exact actuator, BOM and control integration still need to be specified.

Parallel jawsGrasping

OpenArm

Robot · Articulated arm platform

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

Manipulation

OpenBot

Robot · DIY four-wheel smartphone-controlled vehicle; other body variants have separate configurations.

Smartphone-controlled wheeled robot platform; the reviewed DIY configuration combines an Arduino Nano and L298N driver, with phone and firmware requirements distinct from the advertised body cost.

OpenCat robots

Robot · Robot family: Bittle dog and Nybble cat; selected release targets their ATmega328P NyBoard configurations.

Nybble/Bittle robot-family entry centered on OpenCat 1.2.5 NyBoard firmware, calibration and host tools; software openness does not establish complete frame or electronics manufacturing sources.

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

OpenMower

Robot · Conversion of a compatible wheeled commercial mower; selected v2 YardForce route.

RTK-guided mower conversion ecosystem; this review selects the v2 YardForce route and preserves its separate carrier-board and xCore firmware revisions.

OpenParallelGripper — XL330 version

End effector · Rack-driven parallel gripper for LITE 6

Parallel-jaw gripper for the LITE 6 using a Dynamixel XL330 servo, printed housings, machined claws and OpenRB control examples with a serial-rate mismatch to resolve.

Parallel jawsGraspingDocumented cobot interface

OpenPI

Project · model

Vision-language-action model code, checkpoints and adaptation examples for pi0, pi0-FAST and pi0.5, with backend-specific features and robot-specific action conventions.

OpenPodcar

Robot · Converted Pihsiang TE-889XLSN hard-canopy mobility scooter, also identified upstream as Shoprider Traveso.

Research vehicle conversion built around a specific mobility scooter, with Arduino throttle control, actuator steering and a legacy ROS/Gazebo stack.

OpenQuadruped

Robot · Printed quadruped with three joints per leg.

Twelve-servo printed quadruped prototype with CAD, PCB files and ROS control sources; calibration, gait refinement and build instructions remain incomplete.

OpenROV

Robot · DIY underwater remotely operated vehicle; selected 2.8 mechanical design.

Historical DIY underwater exploration platform; this entry selects the OpenROV 2.8 mechanical files and the corresponding named controller-board package for source research.

OpenScout

Robot · Four-wheel differential-drive chassis with two sections joined by a lazy Susan revolute hinge.

Four-wheel mobile base built from aluminum extrusions, with a documented articulated chassis, radio control and encoder-based motor control.

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

Pi-puck

Robot · Raspberry Pi extension mounted on an existing e-puck or e-puck2 wheeled robot.

Raspberry Pi extension for e-puck and e-puck2 robots, with Linux integration, separate controller firmware and an optional YRL expansion board.

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

robomimic

Project · framework

Robot-learning-from-demonstration framework with HDF5 dataset tooling, offline learning algorithms and version-specific simulation datasets.

Robonine parallel gripper

End effector · Electric grippers

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

Parallel jaws

robosuite

Project · simulation

MuJoCo-based robot-learning environments with configurable robots, grippers, controllers and observations; the reviewed v1.5.2 setup requires matching rendering and action conventions.

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

ROMI Rover

Robot · Field rover carrying an adapted 1000 mm X-Carve CNC and replacement weeding z-axis.

Agricultural weeding rover with published prototype V3 design files and an adapted CNC weeding tool; unfinished electronics and steering details require configuration work.

ROS 2

Project · framework

Libraries and tools for robot applications, reviewed through a Humble release manifest and version-matched documentation for installation and node communication.

ros2_control

Project · framework

ROS 2 framework for managing controllers and hardware interfaces, with mock components for checking integration before physical hardware trials.

ROSbot

Robot · ROSbot 2R four-wheel mobile platform; selected regular-wheel differential-drive configuration.

ROSbot 2R mobile platform with separately versioned ROS packages and CORE2 microcontroller firmware; this entry distinguishes the 2R configuration from newer ROSbot hardware.

ROSMO

Robot · Two- or four-wheel mobile platform with two PCB chassis plates and a battery between them.

Small modular robot with a PCB chassis, ESP32-S3 and two- or four-wheel variants; separate Microblocks, MicroPython and ROS 2 routes have different maturity.

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

Sowbot / Feldfreund

Robot · Agricultural research robot integration; FusionCore configuration explicitly discusses a tracked platform.

Experimental agricultural robot integration stack using ROS 2 Jazzy, ESP32/Lizard control and RTK GNSS; the selected sources distinguish Gazebo mission results from incomplete hardware validation.

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

Thymio

Robot · Small wheeled educational robot; selected sources concern Thymio II, not Thymio 3.

Educational wheeled robot; this profile selects Thymio II PCB version 2.1 design sources and separately preserved V14 firmware, with explicit generation and dependency boundaries.

TipTap

Robot · Desktop biped with two three-axis legs.

Printed desktop biped with four custom torque actuators, two positioning servos and a shared Python simulation/hardware interface; controller-source licensing remains unresolved.

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

TurtleBot4

Robot · Differential-drive mobile platform built on the iRobot Create 3.

ROS 2 mobile research platform on an iRobot Create 3 base, with distinct Standard/Lite sensor packages and distribution-specific base-firmware requirements.

Upkie

Robot · Upkie software v12.0.0 with its 12.0.0 build documentation and linked legacy parts commit 8e539b825affe10ad872741564bdc1c19f4df965; not the newer parts v2.0.0 layout.

Wheeled biped with four leg servos, two driven wheels and a Raspberry Pi control stack; the reviewed build guide needs revision matching.

LocomotionRaspberry Pi

Voron Stealthburner

End effector · Filament extrusion

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

Filament extrusionCartesian printer tooling

Webots

Project · simulation

Robot simulation environment with a scene editor, sample worlds and controller APIs; reviewed at R2025a with release-specific graphics requirements and asset licensing.

Wheelbot

Robot · Reaction-wheel unicycle, reviewed at the v2.5 design.

Reaction-wheel unicycle research platform, scoped to v2.5 CAD and firmware with a documented state-estimation error and historical development tools.

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

Platform tags identify documented interfaces or applications; they do not establish tested fit or certification. Methodology · About the spec