Awesome Open Source Robots

A curated list of awesome robots with open source software, open hardware, and in the best cases both.

Contents

• Gallery
• Robots
  • Arms
  • Bipeds
  • Educational
  • Humanoids
  • Hybrid
  • Parallel
  • Quadrupeds
  • Wheeled
• Adding a Robot to the List

Gallery

Robots

Arms

Name	Maker	Hardware	HW License	Software	SW License
Koch v1.1	Jess Moss	GitHub	Apache-2.0	GitHub	MIT
low_cost_robot	Alexander Koch	GitHub	MIT	GitHub	MIT
Thor	Ángel L.M.	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
Open Duck Mini	Point-foot	GitHub	Apache-2.0	GitHub	Apache-2.0
TipTap	Point-foot	GitHub	MIT	GitHub	MIT
Upkie	Wheeled	Wiki	Apache-2.0	GitHub	Apache-2.0

Educational

Name	Maker	Hardware	HW License	Software	SW License
Rotary Inverted Pendulum	Henrique Ferrolho	Instructions, Meshes	MIT	Arduino, Julia, Python	MIT

Humanoids

Name	Maker	Hardware	HW License	Software	SW License
NimbRo-OP2X	NimbRo team	GitHub	CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0	Software	BSD-3-Clause
Poppy Ergo Jr	Poppy project	Hardware	CC-BY-SA-4.0	Software	GPL-3.0
Poppy Humanoid	Poppy project	Hardware	CC-BY-SA-4.0	GitHub	GPL-3.0

Hybrid

Name	Hardware	HW License	Software	SW License
Acromonk	GitHub	BSD-3-Clause	GitHub	BSD-3-Clause
Borinot	Hardware	BSD-3-Clause	GitHub	BSD-3-Clause

Parallel

Name	Hardware	HW License	Software	SW License
TriFingerEdu	Instructions	BSD-3-Clause	GitHub	BSD-3-Clause

Quadrupeds

Name	Hardware	HW License	Software	SW License
DIY hobby servos quadruped	Hackaday.io	❌ CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0	GitHub	GPL-3.0
mjbots quad	Fusion 360	❌	GitHub	Apache-2.0
Petoi Robot Cat Nybble	❌	❌	OpenCat	MIT
Solo	Instructions	CC0-1.0	GitHub	CC0-1.0

Wheeled

Name	License	Build	Software
Hoverbot	Apache-2.0	GitHub	GitHub
JPL Open Source Rover	Apache-2.0	Build	GitHub
OpenScout	GPL-3.0	Manual	GitHub
WheelBot	GPL-3.0	GitHub	GitHub

Adding a Robot to the List

New robots are welcome to the list, as long as they are open source in both hardware and software.