Articles Tagged “Robotics”
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Q8botOne Robot Dog: A Palm-Sized Open ESP32-C3 Quadruped
Q8botOne is a palm-sized open-source robot dog with an ESP32-C3 brain and 8 DYNAMIXEL actuators, from $199 as a kit or $599 assembled on Crowd Supply.
Gearotons M17: A $20 Open-Source Servo for Pi Robots
The Gearotons M17 packs a motor, driver, controller and encoder into one NEMA 17 body from $20, with Python libraries for Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
Raspberry Pi 5 GMSL2 Camera HAT Reaches 10 Meters
BE-IIS built a dual GMSL2 camera HAT for the Raspberry Pi 5 that runs two IMX708 sensors over 10-metre coax, priced at $229 plus $79 per serializer.
Petoi Quaddle Is a $99 ESP32 Robot Dog for Physical AI
The Petoi Quaddle packs an ESP32-S3 motion core, four servos and full ROS support into a 170g robot dog starting at $99, shipping December 2026.
D-Robotics RDK S100P Packs 128 TOPS Into a Robot Kit
The RDK S100P pairs a 128 TOPS BPU with six Cortex-A78AE cores and 24GB LPDDR5 for $899, aiming squarely at the Jetson Orin NX 16GB bracket.
ARK Just A Pi Packs a Pi CM5 Carrier Into 19.5 Grams
ARK Electronics' Just A Pi carrier squeezes dual Ethernet, PCIe and two camera lanes for a Raspberry Pi CM5 into 55 x 40 mm and 19.5 grams, from $335.
Jetson Orin Nano 2 Hits 78 TOPS on 40% Less Power
Nvidia's Jetson Orin Nano 2 delivers 78 TOPS and double the inference throughput of the Orin Nano Super, or matches it using about 40% less power.
Model Hardware Standard Lets AI Agents Run Lab Gear
Anthropic's Model Hardware Standard cuts lab instrument integration from weeks to minutes, with Genentech, Carnegie Mellon and QuEra among first users.
Microduck Is a $399 Open Source Robot You Can Retrain
Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics launched Microduck, a 25cm biped with 15 motors, LiDAR and an Apache 2.0 reinforcement learning stack, for $399.
Unitree IPO Heads to Shanghai at a $9 Billion Valuation
Unitree priced its STAR Market IPO at 150.80 yuan a share for a $9 billion valuation, with retail demand oversubscribed roughly 8,000 times.
Robot Model Trained on a Million Hours of Video
Dyna Robotics says DYNA-2 lifted manufacturing task success from 20% to 80-90% through pre-training on a million hours of egocentric human video alone.
reComputer Mini J501 Puts 275 TOPS in a 119mm Cube
Seeed's reComputer Mini J501 pairs a Jetson AGX Orin module with 10GbE, dual CAN-FD and eight GMSL2 cameras in a 1.35kg box, from $2,399 early-bird.
Aliensense NXS Sends Robot Camera Data 15m on One Cable
The $199 Aliensense NXS carries camera video, power and CAN-FD control over a single GMSL2/3 coax up to 15 meters, with a mikroBUS socket for expansion.
Gemini Robotics 2 Gives Humanoids Whole-Body Control
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 landed July 30 with whole-body humanoid control, multi-robot teamwork, and up to 89.6% gripper accuracy.
DFI X6X-ORN Packs 157 TOPS Into an IP67 Edge AI Box
DFI's fanless X6X-ORN pairs an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX with IP67 sealing, up to 157 TOPS, GMSL2 cameras, four M12 ports and a -20°C to 60°C range.
AMD Ryzen AI X100 Brings Big Compute to Robots
AMD's Ryzen AI Embedded X100 packs 16 Zen 5 cores and an NPU into robots, while its open Kria dev platform makes 8,000 control decisions every second.
NVIDIA Jetson T3000 Packs 865 TFLOPS Into a Tiny Module
NVIDIA's Jetson T3000 delivers 865 FP4 TFLOPS with 32GB LPDDR5X on a 50x87mm module, while the T2000 hits 400 TFLOPS. Both arrive in Q1 2027.
NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Edge Puts World Models Inside Robots
NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Edge is a 4-billion-parameter world model doing spatial reasoning on Jetson and RTX hardware, adaptable to a robot in about a day.
Jetson T3000 Brings Blackwell Edge AI to Small Robots
NVIDIA's Jetson T3000 packs 865 FP4 TFLOPS and 32GB LPDDR5X into a module half the size of the T5000, with both new modules shipping Q1 2027.
NVIDIA GR00T 1.7 Opens Humanoid Robotics to Everyone
NVIDIA and Hugging Face brought Isaac GR00T 1.7 to LeRobot on July 7, connecting 3M robotics developers with 16M AI builders on one open stack.
Mekotronics AI Box Puts NVIDIA Jetson Orin Into a Rugged Edge Computer
Mekotronics' new edge-AI box packs an NVIDIA Jetson Orin module and rugged industrial I/O into a compact computer built for robots, smart cities, and agriculture.
Mekotronics AI Box: A Rugged NVIDIA Jetson Orin Edge AI Computer
Mekotronics' edge AI box runs NVIDIA Jetson Orin from 34 to 157 TOPS, with dual GbE, dual NVMe, and rugged -25C to 80C operation.
DEBIX T62P-01: A Pi-Sized Industrial SBC on TI Sitara AM62P
The DEBIX T62P-01 industrial SBC pairs a TI Sitara AM62P SoC with dual GbE TSN, Wi-Fi 6, and real-time R5F cores in an 88x59 mm board for robotics and edge IoT.
WeAct N006 Is a Credit-Card-Sized Jetson Orin NX Carrier for Robots and Drones
WeAct's N006, detailed June 30, 2026, is a 57g NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX carrier board with 40W Super Mode, battery-native power, and stereo cameras — from $110.
Banana Pi's $21 BPI-VP10 Brings Open-Source RISC-V Servo Control to Makers
The Banana Pi BPI-VP10, detailed June 30, 2026, is a $21 open-source RISC-V board that drives 100-200W industrial servos with broad encoder support and free tuning software.
Renesas RZ/V2H Robotics Dev Kit Packs 80 TOPS of Edge AI on a Single Pi-Style Board
Renesas launched its RZ/V2H Robotics Development Kit on May 5, 2026 — combining quad Cortex-A55 cores, dual real-time R8 cores, and an 80 TOPS DRP-AI3 accelerator on a single Raspberry Pi-style board for autonomous robotics.