25 Open-Source Robotics Projects & Tools You Need to Know About
If you are looking to build, learn, or just geek out over the latest open-source robotics projects, this post is your treasure chest.
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1. Animatronic Eye Mechanism
Realistic eye movements using servos. Great for animatronics and humanoid robotics.
2. ANYmal C – Quadruped Robot
A highly capable quadruped platform with autonomous navigation and inspection features.
3. AWS DeepRacer
A cloud-based 1/18th scale race car for learning reinforcement learning.
4. BCN3D Moveo
A fully open-source 3d-printed robotic arm.
5. BetaBot
DIY robot arm project with solid documentation and GitHub code.
6. Bobble-Bot
A balancing robot designed to teeter and totter playfully on two legs.
7. CHAMP
An open-source framework for building quadruped robots with ROS integration.
8. CyPhyHouse
A full toolchain for building distributed robotics systems.
9. Dobb-E
An expressive robot platform that's all about personality.
10. DUMMY Robot Arm
A surprisingly capable, inexpensive, open-source robotic arm.
11. ExoMy – ESA's Mars Rover Clone
DIY 3d-printable Mars rover designed by the European Space Agency.
12. GoodBoy – Arduino Robot Dog
A cute and capable robot dog powered by Arduino and 3D printing.
13. JPL Open Source Rover
A scaled-down version of a Mars rover designed by NASA for education.
14. LeRobot by Hugging Face
Integrating large language models with robotics in a fun, open-source package.
15. LHF Connect
A platform to connect makers and robotics innovators.
16. Linorobot
Turn almost any robot platform into a ROS-powered system.
17. MABEL
A Boston Dynamics-style balancing robot built from scratch.
18. Magni
A ROS-based mobile robot with high payload capacity.
19. MuSHR
A DIY autonomous car platform from the University of Washington.
20. NanoSaur
A palm-sized AI robot that runs NVIDIA Jetson for onboard inferencing.
21. Niryo One
A powerful yet affordable 6-axis robot arm for education and light manufacturing.
22. NVIDIA Isaac Platform
A full stack for building next-gen autonomous robots with simulation and AI.
23. Nybble
A robotic cat kit that’s fully programmable and very expressive.
24. Open Dynamic Robot Initiative
Open hardware and software for dynamic legged robots.
25. Open-Source Robotic Arm
DIY robotic arm with Arduino and servo control – easy to build, fun to code.