Robot database
67 robots you can buy or build, with the numbers that matter when choosing. Click a column heading to sort; filter by type, platform, ROS 2 support or price band.
| Robot | Type | Platform | DoF | Payload | Reach | Mass | Repeatability | ROS 2 | Simulators | Price band | Released | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloha Stationary AI | research | MuJoCo | 12 | 1.5 kg | 769 mm | — | — | Official | Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | $10k–50k | — | Bimanual teleoperation data collection and imitation learning in a fixed lab cell |
| ANAFI Ai | drone | Open drone stack | 6 | — | — | 0.898 kg | — | Community | — | not listed | 2022 | Photogrammetry and inspection flights controlled over a 4G data link |
| AR4-MK5 | educational | Open source | 6 | 1.9 kg | 675 mm | 12.25 kg | ±0.25 mm | Official | Gazebo | not listed | — | Self-built 6-axis stepper arm for learning robot mechanics, wiring and control |
| Atlas | humanoid | Boston Dynamics | 56 | 30 kg | 2,300 mm | 90 kg | — | None | — | not listed | 2026 | Industrial humanoid work such as part sequencing and machine tending |
| B2 | quadruped | Unitree | 12 | 40 kg | — | 60 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Industrial quadruped for inspection and carrying loads over rough ground |
| Booster T1 | humanoid | ROS 2 | 23 | — | — | 30 kg | — | Official | Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Small humanoid for research and teaching |
| Crazyflie 2.1 Brushless | drone | Open drone stack | 6 | 0.04 kg | — | 0.034 kg | — | Community | — | under $1k | 2025 | Indoor swarm research that needs more thrust and payload than the brushed Crazyflie |
| Crazyflie 2.1+ | drone | Open drone stack | 6 | 0.015 kg | — | 0.029 kg | — | Community | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Webots | under $1k | 2024 | Indoor swarm and control research on a palm-sized open-source quadcopter |
| Create 3 | educational | ROS 2 | 3 | 9 kg | — | — | — | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim | not listed | 2022 | Low-cost ROS 2 base for teaching and small indoor robot builds |
| CRX-10iA | cobot | FANUC | 6 | 10 kg | 1,249 mm | 40 kg | ±0.04 mm | Official | Isaac Sim | not listed | 2020 | Collaborative machine tending, palletising and inspection with loads up to 10 kg |
| CRX-5iA | cobot | FANUC | 6 | 5 kg | 994 mm | 25 kg | ±0.03 mm | Official | Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | not listed | 2022 | Light collaborative assembly and part transfer in small workspaces |
| Franka Research 3 | research | Franka | 7 | 3 kg | 855 mm | 18.3 kg | ±0.1 mm | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Torque-controlled manipulation and robot learning research |
| G1 | humanoid | Unitree | 23 | 2 kg | — | 35 kg | — | Official | Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | $10k–50k | — | Compact humanoid for research into locomotion and manipulation |
| Gen3 (7 DoF) | research | ROS 2 | 7 | 2 kg | 902 mm | 8.2 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Lightweight research arm for mobile manipulation and learning experiments |
| Go2 | quadruped | Unitree | 12 | 7 kg | — | 15 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | $1k–10k | — | Low-cost quadruped for research, teaching and locomotion experiments |
| GoFa CRB 15000 (GoFa 5) | cobot | ABB | 6 | 5 kg | 950 mm | 28 kg | ±0.02 mm | None | — | not listed | 2021 | Collaborative machine tending, assembly and packing with loads up to 5 kg |
| H1 | humanoid | Unitree | 19 | — | — | 47 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Full-size humanoid for locomotion and whole-body control research |
| Husky A300 | mobile robot | ROS 2 | 3 | 100 kg | — | 80 kg | — | Official | Gazebo | not listed | 2024 | Outdoor field research base for carrying sensors or an arm over rough ground |
| IRB 120 | industrial arm | ABB | 6 | 3 kg | 580 mm | 25 kg | ±0.01 mm | Community | — | not listed | 2009 | Small-part handling and assembly where floor space is tight |
| IRB 1300-11/0.9 | industrial arm | ABB | 6 | 11 kg | 900 mm | 75 kg | ±0.02 mm | None | — | not listed | 2020 | Fast handling of heavier small parts in compact cells and machine tending |
| IRB 14000 YuMi | cobot | ABB | 14 | 0.5 kg | 559 mm | 38 kg | ±0.02 mm | Community | — | not listed | 2015 | Two-handed small-parts assembly beside people, such as electronics and medical devices |
| IRB 6700-150/3.20 | industrial arm | ABB | 6 | 150 kg | 3,200 mm | 1,280 kg | ±0.1 mm | Community | — | not listed | 2013 | Heavy handling and spot welding where long reach matters more than payload |
| Jackal | mobile robot | ROS 2 | 3 | 20 kg | — | 17 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim | not listed | — | Small weatherproof base for indoor and outdoor autonomy research |
| KR 210 R2700-2 | industrial arm | KUKA | 6 | 210 kg | 2,701 mm | 1,077 kg | ±0.05 mm | Official | Gazebo | not listed | — | Moving heavy parts and tools in high-payload production cells |
| KR 6 R900-2 | industrial arm | KUKA | 6 | 6 kg | 901 mm | 55 kg | ±0.02 mm | Official | Gazebo | not listed | — | Fast, precise handling and assembly of small parts |
| LBR iisy 3 R760 | cobot | KUKA | 6 | 3 kg | 760 mm | 22.8 kg | ±0.1 mm | Official | Gazebo | not listed | — | Light collaborative handling and assembly in small cells |
| LBR iiwa 14 R820 | cobot | KUKA | 7 | 14 kg | 820 mm | 29.9 kg | ±0.15 mm | Community | Gazebo, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Force-controlled assembly and handling of parts up to 14 kg next to people |
| LBR iiwa 7 R800 | cobot | KUKA | 7 | 7 kg | 800 mm | 23.9 kg | ±0.1 mm | Community | Gazebo | not listed | — | Force-sensitive assembly and research with torque sensors in all seven joints |
| LIMO | educational | ROS 2 | 3 | 1 kg | — | 4.8 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim | not listed | — | Small multi-mode teaching robot for ROS 2 navigation, SLAM and steering kinematics |
| Lite 6 | educational | Open source | 6 | 0.6 kg | 440 mm | 7.2 kg | ±0.5 mm | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | $1k–10k | — | Low-cost 6-axis arm for teaching and light desktop tasks with the xArm software stack |
| Lite3 | quadruped | ROS 2 | 12 | 5 kg | — | 12 kg | — | Official | Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Small quadruped for teaching and legged-robot research |
| LR Mate 200iD | industrial arm | FANUC | 6 | 7 kg | 717 mm | 25 kg | ±0.01 mm | Official | Isaac Sim | not listed | — | Benchtop pick-and-place, assembly and machine loading of small parts |
| M-20iD/25 | industrial arm | FANUC | 6 | 25 kg | 1,831 mm | 250 kg | ±0.02 mm | Official | — | not listed | — | Medium-payload machine tending and parts handling in tight cells |
| Matrice 350 RTK | drone | Open drone stack | 6 | 2.7 kg | — | 6.47 kg | — | Community | — | not listed | 2023 | Carrying survey, inspection and mapping payloads on a heavy enterprise quadcopter |
| MiR250 | mobile robot | Universal Robots | 3 | 250 kg | — | 94 kg | — | None | — | not listed | 2020 | Moving carts, shelves and small loads around factories and warehouses |
| myCobot 280 M5 | educational | Open source | 6 | 0.25 kg | 280 mm | 0.8 kg | — | Official | Gazebo | under $1k | — | Desktop 6-axis arm for classroom programming and first ROS projects |
| Ned2 | educational | Open source | 6 | 0.3 kg | 490 mm | 7 kg | ±0.5 mm | Official | — | $1k–10k | — | Teaching industrial robot programming in schools and universities on a desktop arm |
| Nova Carter | mobile robot | NVIDIA Isaac | 3 | 50 kg | — | 51.2 kg | — | Official | Isaac Sim | not listed | — | Reference AMR for developing Isaac ROS perception and navigation on Jetson AGX Orin |
| OpenMANIPULATOR-X | educational | Open source | 4 | 0.5 kg | 380 mm | 0.7 kg | ±0.2 mm | Official | Gazebo | not listed | — | Teaching ROS manipulation with a small DYNAMIXEL arm, often mounted on a TurtleBot3 |
| PiPER | educational | Open source | 6 | 1.5 kg | 626 mm | 4.2 kg | ±0.1 mm | Official | Gazebo, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Lightweight 6-axis arm for teaching, data collection and embodied AI experiments |
| PX4 Development Kit - X500 v2 | drone | Open drone stack | 6 | 1 kg | — | 0.61 kg | — | Community | — | under $1k | — | Learning PX4 and testing flight code on a mid-size quadcopter |
| PX4 Vision Dev Kit V1.5 | drone | Open drone stack | 6 | — | — | 0.893 kg | — | Community | Gazebo | $1k–10k | — | Developing obstacle avoidance and computer vision on a PX4 quadcopter |
| R-2000iC/165F | industrial arm | FANUC | 6 | 165 kg | 2,655 mm | 1,090 kg | ±0.05 mm | Official | Isaac Sim | not listed | — | Spot welding, heavy material handling and palletising in automotive lines |
| R1 | humanoid | Unitree | 20 | — | — | 27 kg | — | None | — | $1k–10k | — | Low-cost small humanoid for teaching and early-stage research |
| Reachy 2 | humanoid | Open source | 17 | 3 kg | — | 50 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Bimanual manipulation and VR teleoperation research on a wheeled humanoid upper body |
| ROBOTIS OP3 | humanoid | ROS 2 | 20 | — | — | 3.5 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, MuJoCo, Webots | $10k–50k | — | Small humanoid for walking, balance and robot football research |
| ROSbot XL | mobile robot | ROS 2 | 3 | 10 kg | — | 5.38 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, Webots | not listed | — | Indoor ROS 2 research and teaching base with mecanum or standard wheels |
| SCOUT MINI | mobile robot | ROS 2 | 3 | 10 kg | — | 23 kg | — | Official | Gazebo | not listed | — | Compact four-wheel skid-steer base for outdoor navigation and mobile manipulation work |
| Skydio X10 | drone | Open drone stack | 6 | 0.385 kg | — | 2.11 kg | — | None | — | not listed | 2023 | Autonomous inspection and public-safety flights with onboard obstacle avoidance |
| SO-101 | educational | Open source | 5 | — | — | — | — | Community | Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Low-cost leader-follower teleoperation and imitation learning with LeRobot |
| Spot | quadruped | Boston Dynamics | 12 | 20.43 kg | — | 33.8 kg | — | Community | Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Webots | not listed | 2020 | Autonomous inspection rounds and data capture on industrial sites |
| Starling 2 | drone | Open drone stack | 6 | — | — | 0.285 kg | — | Official | — | $1k–10k | — | Vision-based autonomy research indoors on a small development quadcopter |
| Stretch | mobile robot | Boston Dynamics | 3 | 22.68 kg | — | — | — | None | — | not listed | 2022 | Unloading cases from trailers and containers in warehouses |
| Stretch 3 | research | ROS 2 | 8 | 2 kg | 520 mm | 24.5 kg | — | Official | MuJoCo | not listed | — | Home and assistive mobile manipulation research with a light telescoping arm |
| TIAGo | research | ROS 2 | 10 | 3 kg | 870 mm | 70 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, MuJoCo, Webots | not listed | — | Indoor mobile manipulation and human-robot interaction research |
| TurtleBot 4 | mobile robot | ROS 2 | 3 | 9 kg | — | 3.945 kg | — | Official | Gazebo | not listed | 2022 | Teaching and prototyping ROS 2 navigation and SLAM on a small indoor base |
| TurtleBot3 Burger | educational | ROS 2 | 3 | 15 kg | — | 1 kg | — | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, Webots | under $1k | — | Low-cost ROS 2 teaching robot for navigation, SLAM and lidar basics |
| UR10e | cobot | Universal Robots | 6 | 12.5 kg | 1,300 mm | 33.3 kg | ±0.05 mm | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Webots | not listed | 2018 | Palletising, packaging and machine tending with loads up to 12.5 kg |
| UR15 | cobot | Universal Robots | 6 | 15 kg | 1,300 mm | 40.7 kg | ±0.05 mm | Official | Gazebo | not listed | 2025 | Fast pick-and-place and machine tending with mid-range payloads |
| UR16e | cobot | Universal Robots | 6 | 16 kg | 900 mm | 33.1 kg | ±0.05 mm | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim | not listed | 2019 | Heavy part handling and machine tending where floor space is limited |
| UR20 | cobot | Universal Robots | 6 | 20 kg | 1,750 mm | 64 kg | ±0.1 mm | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim | not listed | 2022 | Long-reach machine tending, palletising and welding with 20 kg loads |
| UR30 | cobot | Universal Robots | 6 | 30 kg | 1,300 mm | 63.5 kg | ±0.1 mm | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim | not listed | 2023 | Heavy machine tending, palletising and high-torque screw driving |
| UR3e | cobot | Universal Robots | 6 | 3 kg | 500 mm | 11.2 kg | ±0.03 mm | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, Webots | not listed | 2018 | Benchtop assembly, screw driving and inspection in tight workspaces |
| UR5e | cobot | Universal Robots | 6 | 5 kg | 850 mm | 20.7 kg | ±0.03 mm | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Webots | not listed | 2018 | Light machine tending, pick-and-place and assembly at medium reach |
| WidowX 250 S | educational | Open source | 6 | 0.25 kg | 650 mm | — | ±1 mm | Official | Gazebo, MuJoCo | not listed | — | Tabletop ROS manipulation and teleoperation research on a small servo arm |
| xArm 6 | cobot | Open source | 6 | 5 kg | 700 mm | 12.2 kg | ±0.1 mm | Official | Gazebo, Isaac Sim | $1k–10k | — | Affordable 6-axis cobot for lab automation, pick and place and research cells |
| Z1 | research | Unitree | 6 | 3 kg | 740 mm | 4.5 kg | ±0.1 mm | Community | Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo | $10k–50k | — | Lightweight arm for mounting on legged or wheeled mobile robots |