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

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.