01Companion
EMO
People comparing playful desktop companions and their ongoing ownership requirements.
From $279ROBOTS AT HOME
Meet your future
housemates.
Humanoid robots, home robots and robot pets, explained.
Discover what they can do, how they learn, and what living with them means.
FROM THE DESK TO THE FACTORY
Meet your next obsession.
Grab and drag, swipe, or use the arrows. Tab to a robot to open its profile.
02Quadruped
Bittle X V2
Makers and educators learning movement, sensors and robot programming.
From $31903Arm
AgileX PiPER
Explore manipulation, teleoperation and custom tooling.
$1,999 listed04Quadruped
Go2 EDU
Teams exploring legged mobility and applications on a developer platform.
Contact sales05Mobile
Hello Robot Stretch 4
Research embodied AI and manipulation in human-scale spaces.
$29,950 listed06Quadruped
ANYbotics ANYmal
Repeat inspection rounds and feed measurements into operational workflows.
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THE BIG QUESTION 01
Who is really
in control?
A compelling demo is a beginning. The interesting part is understanding what a robot can do on its own, and where people still help.
Inside robot autonomyEXPLAINERS, BUYING GUIDES & FIELD NOTES
Find your kind
of robot.
109 companions, learning platforms and machines at work.
02 / FOLLOWThe people behind
the progress.
96 companies shaping robotics and 3D printing.
03 / MAKEGood ideas need
the right parts.
Controllers, actuators and sensors, with the connections explained.
THE COMPUTE MAP
Choose the job. Then the board.
M5Stack
A controller with a head start.
CoreS3, Atom and StickC package ESP32 hardware with screens, buttons or sensors. Check the exact model and expansion pin map.
Explore boards ESP32Connected control, close to the hardware.
Run firmware for sensors, communication and local I/O. ESP32, S3 and C6 have different processors, memory options and peripheral support.
Explore boards Raspberry PiLinux host or microcontroller? Choose first.
Pi 4, Pi 5, Zero and Compute Module run Linux. Pico runs firmware. Many robot designs pair a Linux host with a separate motion controller.
Explore boardsA WORKSHEET FOR YOUR SHORTLIST
Found a robot? Budget for the whole thing.
FROM THE JOURNAL
Start with a good question.
Your first robot: a companion or a kit?
Choose between a finished robot pet and a programmable platform by looking at the experience you want after the first week.
What a robot really costs in year one
Build a complete ownership budget around the exact edition, delivered price, required equipment and ongoing services.
Simulation, training and inference: three different jobs
Follow a robot behavior from a virtual world to a running controller, using Microduck and programmable pets as concrete examples.
The future is interesting.
The details matter.