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.
A humanoid built around printed gearboxes, with separate simulation assets and low-level control code that requires joint calibration after power cycles.
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.
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.
C++ and Python toolbox for multibody dynamics, mathematical optimization and model-based robot control, with installation choices tied to platform and solver requirements.
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.
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.
Robot simulation library and application with physics, sensors and plugins; Jetty setup and ROS integration require matching package and distribution choices.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Transformer diffusion robot policies with pretrained checkpoints and fine-tuning tools; observation history, action statistics and robot-specific interfaces must match the selected model.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MuJoCo-based robot-learning environments with configurable robots, grippers, controllers and observations; the reviewed v1.5.2 setup requires matching rendering and action conventions.
Libraries and tools for robot applications, reviewed through a Humble release manifest and version-matched documentation for installation and node communication.
ROSbot 2R mobile platform with separately versioned ROS packages and CORE2 microcontroller firmware; this entry distinguishes the 2R configuration from newer ROSbot hardware.
Printed desktop biped with four custom torque actuators, two positioning servos and a shared Python simulation/hardware interface; controller-source licensing remains unresolved.
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.
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.
Robot simulation environment with a scene editor, sample worlds and controller APIs; reviewed at R2025a with release-specific graphics requirements and asset licensing.