Awesome Robotics Project
A list of open-source, affordable, less-known, or visionary robotics projects (and startup companies I'm interested in)
- TurtleBot - Low-cost, personal robot kit with open-source software
- Linorobot - Suite of low-cost open-source mobile robots
- ROSbot 2.0 - Open source mobile robot platform
- Magni - Affordable robotic mobile base with 100kg payload
- Bobble-Bot - Demonstration robot for learning principles of real-time control
- ANYMal C - Autonomous four-legged robot
- Stanford Doggo - Open-source quadruped robot
- JPL Open Source Rover Project - Open-source 6-wheel rover based on the rovers on Mars
- MuSHR - Affordable, open-source robotic race car
- AWS DeepRacer - Autonomous 1/18th scale race car designed to test RL models
- Openmanipulator - Open-software/hardware/embedded-board robotic arm
- Thor - DIY 3D printable robotic arm
- Niryo One - 3D printed 6 axis robotic arm
- Poppy Project - Open-source platform for interactive 3D printed robots
- OpenΒionics - Open-source initiative for the development of robotic and bionic devices
- ROBEL - Collection of affordable, reliable hardware robot designs
- Nybble - Open-source robotic cat
- PyRobot - Python package for running experiments in robot learning
- NVIDIA ISSAC PLATFORM - Robotic AI Development Platform with Simulation, Navigation and Manipulation
- CHAMP - 𓃡 CHAMP Quadruped Controller ROS Package
- GoodBoy - 3D Printed Arduino Robot Dog
- LHF connect - A small semi-autonomous device that connects patients in isolation with the people they love
- OpenBot - Turning Smartphones into Robots
- ExoMy - The 3D printed rover developed by the European Space Agency
- TriFinger - An Open-Source Robot for Learning Dexterity
- MABEL A Boston Dynamics inspired balancing robot
- Open Dynamic Robot Initiative - An Open Torque-Controlled Modular Robot Architecture for Legged Locomotion Research
- Robotics Middleware Framework - Task queuing, conflict-free resource scheduling, utilities to help create robot fleet adapters, and so on
- PythonRobotics - Python sample codes for robotics algorithms
- CyPhyHouse : a toolchain for distributed robotics - CyPhyHouse : a toolchain for distributed robotics
- NanoSaur - NVIDIA Jetson dinosaur robot, fully 3D printable, ROS2 competible
- DUMMY - The Robot Arm Is Not So Dumb
- OpenPodcar - Open source hardware design and software for OpenPodcar.
- UMIRobot - A simple 3D printable robot arm with open-source hardware and software.
Data Visualization & UI
- web-based visualization libraries
- Foxglove Studio - Visualization and Debugging for Robotics
- Realtime robot data visualization in the browser
- ROSBoard - ROS node that runs a web server on your robot.
- AR.js - Augmented Reality on the Web
- A-FRAME - A web framework for building 3D/AR/VR experiences
- ROS Reality - Connect a ROS-enabled robot to Unity
- ros command - Unifying the ROS command line tools
- rerun.io - Open source visualization infrastructure for computer vision and robotics
Open-Source SDK
- Anki Cozmo - Python SDK, C# SDK, and PyCozmo
- temi SDK
- Spot SDK
Hardware Development Communities
- hackaday and hackaday.io - "Hackaday.io is the world's largest collaborative hardware development community."
- hackster.io - "Hackster is a community dedicated to learning hardware, from beginner to pro."
- adafruit - "Adafruit designs, manufactures and sells a number of electronics products, electronics components, tools and accessories."
- instructables - "Instructables is a community for people who like to make things."
Cloud Robotics, Robotics Platforms, Platform Companies
- Formant - Speak Robot; Intelligent platform for robotic fleets
- RosHub - Manage one robot or entire fleets
- Freedom robotics - POWERFUL CONTROL AND MONITORING FOR ROBOTS
- Rapyuta Robotics - We make robots attainable and useful
- balena - The infrastructure you need to develop, deploy, and manage fleets of connected devices at scale
- AWS RoboMaker - Simulate and deploy robotic applications at cloud scale
- SEMIO - bringing robots to life
- InOrbit - MISSION CONTROL for AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS
- ROS Development Studio - Develop your ROS project from a single place online
- Windows 10 IoT + ROS - Bringing the intelligent edge to robots with ROS on Windows 10 and Azure
- scale - The Data Platform for AI
- PHANTOM AI - Democratizing advanced driver assistance systems
- Autoware.AI - the world's first "All-in-One" open-source software for autonomous driving technology
- FogROS - a framework that allows existing ROS automation applications to gain access to additional computing resources from commercial cloud-based services
- COGNICEPT - Keep your robots going
- TANGRAM - The Modern Perception Platform
- SLAMCore - Spatial Intelligence for robots and machines
- Artificial - Redefining Lab Automation Software
- Transitive Robotics - Open-core, Full-stack Robotic Software Capabilities
- Airbotics - Open-source software deployment platform for robotics
- YOU ONLY NEED ONE HUB - Cloud-based system for designing, sharing, and evaluating Autonomous Vehicles, ADAS, and Robotics.
- ROSbloX - Your ultimate building blocks for rapidly creating a robot's software stack.
- Applied Intuition - ADAS and AV simulation and development tools
Nocode/Lowcode
- rethink robotics - Rethink Robotics Meets German Engineering
- SOUTHIE AUTONOMY - Easy, Flexible Automation for Contract Packaging
- micropsi industries - Automate Manual Workstations Yourself
- cogniteam - Standout software solutions for autonomous robots
Physically Accurate or Photo-Realistic Simulators
- Gazebo - Gazebo is an open-source 3D robotics simulator
- CARLA - Open-source simulator for autonomous driving research
- MORSE - The open-source simulator for academic robotics
- Isaac - Simulate, test and iterate virtual robots in a high fidelity 3D environment
- Gibson - Gibson is a perceptual and physics Simulator
- Webots - Open source robot simulator
- AI Habitat - AI Habitat enables training of embodied AI agents in a highly photorealistic & efficient 3D simulator
- Flightmare - A Flexible Quadrotor Simulator
- Project dave - A simulation environment to support the rapid testing and evaluation of underwater robotic solutions
- ZeroSimROSUnity - Robotic simulation in Unity with ROS integration
- Unity Robotics Hub - Central repository for tools, tutorials, resources, and documentation for robotics simulation in Unity
- Open 3D Engine (O3DE) - An Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.
Related Awesome Lists
- Awesome Weekly Robotics
- Awesome Robotics (Kiloreux)
- Awesome Robotics (ahundt)
- Awesome Human Robot Interaction
- Awesome Robotics Libraries
- Awesome Robotic Tooling
- Awesome Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2)
- Awesome HRI Datasets and Human Simulators
- awesome-cloud-robotics
Newsletter
Conferences & Events
- Robotics Summit & Expo - The International Design and Development Event for Robotics and Intelligent Systems
- MODEX - The Premier Supply Chain Event
- BARS - Bay Area Robotics Symposium
- TEROS - Texas Regional Robotics Symposium
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- Awesome Robotics System Design (and more)
- Awesome HRI Papers for Industry
- (Wannabe) Awesome (Remote) Robot DevEnvs
- Awesome HRI Datasets and Human Simulators
- awesome-end-user-programming
- awesome-behavioral-change
- awesome-tech-education
- My curated list of robotics companies (Google Sheet)
