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A curated list of awesome robots that can be fully built and operated at home
Awesome Open Source Robots 
A curated list of awesome robots with open source software, open hardware, and in the best cases both.
Contents
- Robots
- Arms
- Bipeds
- Humanoids
- Hybrid
- Parallel
- Quadrupeds
- Wheeled
- Gallery
- Add a Robot to the List
- Not Fully Open Source Robots
Robots
Arms
| Name | Hardware | HW License | Software | SW License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thor | GitHub | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | GitHub | GPL-3.0 |
Bipeds
| Name | Type | Hardware | HW License | Software | SW License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolt | Point-foot | Instructions | BSD-3-Clause | GitHub | BSD-3-Clause |
| Kayra | Flat-foot | Overview | BSD-3-Clause | GitHub | BSD-3-Clause |
| TipTap | Point-foot | GitHub | MIT | GitHub | MIT |
| Upkie | Wheeled | Wiki | Apache-2.0 | GitHub | Apache-2.0 |
Humanoids
| Name | Hardware | HW License | Software | SW License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poppy Ergo Jr | Hardware | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | Software | GPL-3.0 |
| Poppy Humanoid | Hardware | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | GitHub | GPL-3.0 |
Hybrid
| Name | Type | Hardware | HW License | Software | SW License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borinot | Drone + Arm | Hardware | BSD-3-Clause | GitHub | BSD-3-Clause |
Parallel
| Name | Type | Hardware | HW License | Software | SW License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TriFingerEdu | Manipulator | Instructions | BSD-3-Clause | GitHub | BSD-3-Clause |
Quadrupeds
| Name | Type | Hardware | HW License | Software | SW License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIY hobby servos quadruped | Point-foot | Hackaday.io | ❌ CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 | GitHub | GPL-3.0 |
| mjbots quad | Point-foot | Fusion 360 | ❌ | GitHub | Apache-2.0 |
| Petoi Robot Cat Nybble | Point-foot | ❌ | ❌ | OpenCat | MIT |
| Solo | Point-foot | Instructions | CC0-1.0 | GitHub | CC0-1.0 |
Wheeled
| Name | License | Build | Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPL Open Source Rover | Apache-2.0 | Build | GitHub |
| OpenScout | GPL-3.0 | Manual | GitHub |
| WheelBot | GPL-3.0 | GitHub | GitHub |
Gallery
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Add a Robot to the List
New robots are welcome to the list, as long as they are open source in both hardware and software.
Not Fully Open Source Robots
The following robots aim to be open source, but they don't pass some items in the Open Source Definition.
- NimbRo-OP2X - Under the CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0, which is not open source because of the NC part.









