Wikipedia / List of robots
Wikipedia / List of robots
This is a list of robots and robot product families, the list includes robots developed for research, industry, domestic use, medicine, transportation, exploration, education, entertainment, defense, and other applications.
Historical and pioneering robots
Elmer and Elsie — early autonomous electronic robots developed by William Grey Walter.
Freddy II — experimental robot developed at the University of Edinburgh.
Shakey — mobile robot developed at the Stanford Research Institute.
Stanford Cart — experimental mobile robot developed at Stanford University.
Unimate — early industrial robot first used on a General Motors production line.
WABOT-1 — early full-scale humanoid robot developed at Waseda University.
Humanoid robots
Ameca — humanoid robot developed by Engineered Arts.
Atlas — humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics.
Digit — humanoid robot developed by Agility Robotics.
HRP-4C — humanoid robot developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
iCub — child-sized humanoid research robot.
Kirobo — humanoid robot sent to the International Space Station.
NAO — programmable humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics.
Pepper — humanoid social robot developed by SoftBank Robotics.
Robonaut — humanoid robot developed by NASA and General Motors.
Sophia — humanoid social robot developed by Hanson Robotics.
TOPIO — humanoid robot designed to play table tennis.
Toyota Partner Robot — series of humanoid and mobility robots developed by Toyota.
Self-driving vehicles
Tesla Cybercab — purpose-built autonomous robotaxi developed by Tesla.
Tesla Robotaxi — autonomous ride-hailing service using Tesla vehicles, initially based on the Model Y.
Waymo Ojai — purpose-built autonomous robotaxi operated by Waymo.
Waymo — autonomous driving system and robotaxi fleet developed by Alphabet.
Zoox — purpose-built autonomous electric robotaxi developed by Zoox.
Quadrupedal robots
ANYmal — quadrupedal inspection robot developed by ANYbotics.
BigDog — quadrupedal robot developed by Boston Dynamics.
Cheetah — high-speed quadrupedal robot developed by Boston Dynamics.
LittleDog — small quadrupedal research robot developed by Boston Dynamics.
Spot — quadrupedal robot developed by Boston Dynamics.
Domestic robots
Robomow — series of autonomous robotic lawn mowers.
Industrial and workplace robots
Baxter — collaborative industrial robot developed by Rethink Robotics.
Hercules — warehouse robot that carries inventory pods to workers for order picking.
Sawyer — collaborative industrial robot developed by Rethink Robotics.
Stretch — mobile warehouse robot that uses a suction gripper to handle boxes by Boston Dynamics.
Tally — autonomous inventory robot used in retail stores.
Taurob Inspector — mobile inspection robot designed for hazardous industrial environments.
Agricultural robots
FarmBot — open-source Cartesian farming robot used for automated planting, watering, and weed control.
FarmWise Titan FT-35 — autonomous agricultural robot used for mechanical weed removal.
Flying robots
Quadcopters
Crazyflie 2.0 — open-source nano quadcopter developed by Bitcraze.
DJI Inspire — professional camera quadcopter series developed by DJI.
DJI Mavic — compact camera quadcopter series developed by DJI.
DJI Mini — lightweight camera quadcopter series developed by DJI.
DJI Phantom — camera quadcopter series developed by DJI.
GoPro Karma — camera quadcopter developed by GoPro.
Intel Shooting Star — quadcopter developed for coordinated drone light shows.
Parrot AR.Drone — quadcopter developed by Parrot for recreation and research.
Skydio 2 — autonomous camera quadcopter developed by Skydio.
STM Kargu — military quadcopter and loitering munition developed by STM.
Zano — miniature camera quadcopter developed by Torquing Group.
Delivery drones
Amazon Prime Air — autonomous delivery drone system developed by Amazon.
Wingcopter — autonomous delivery drone developed by the German company Wingcopter.
Zipline — autonomous drone delivery system used for medical supplies and other goods.
Research and utility drones
DelFly — small flapping-wing research robot developed at Delft University of Technology.
Delivery and logistics robots
Amazon Scout — autonomous delivery robot developed by Amazon.
Starship delivery robot — autonomous sidewalk delivery robot developed by Starship Technologies.
Medical and assistive robots
CyberKnife — robotic radiosurgery system developed by Accuray.
Da Vinci Surgical System — robotic surgical system developed by Intuitive Surgical.
ZEUS robotic surgical system — robotic surgical system developed by Computer Motion.
Disaster response robots
Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot — rescue robot designed to carry injured people and handle hazardous materials.
PackBot — tracked robot used at the World Trade Center site and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Robotic exoskeletons
Hybrid Assistive Limb – powered exoskeleton developed by Cyberdyne for medical and assistive use.
Human Universal Load Carrier – powered military exoskeleton developed to assist soldiers carrying heavy loads.
Indego – powered exoskeleton developed at Vanderbilt University for mobility assistance.
ReWalk – powered walking-assistance exoskeleton for people with lower-limb disabilities.
3D-printing robots
BOD2 — gantry-style construction 3D printer developed by COBOD.
Crane WASP — reconfigurable construction 3D printer developed by WASP.
D-Shape — large-scale robotic 3D printer developed for construction and architectural applications.
Platypus X12 — mobile construction 3D printer developed by Luyten 3D.
Military, security and emergency robots
Crusher — experimental autonomous ground vehicle developed for DARPA.
Daksh — bomb-disposal robot developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation.
Dragon Runner — portable military robot used for reconnaissance and explosive-ordnance disposal.
Guardium — autonomous ground vehicle developed for security and military patrols.
MARCbot — military reconnaissance robot used by the United States Army.
PackBot — military and bomb-disposal robot developed by iRobot.
TALON — tracked military and explosive-ordnance-disposal robot.
SWORDS — armed robot based on the TALON platform.
Military aerial robots
Bayraktar Akıncı — high-altitude combat drone developed by Baykar.
Bayraktar TB2 — combat and reconnaissance drone developed by Baykar.
Black Hornet Nano — miniature reconnaissance drone used by military forces.
Hermes 450 — Israeli reconnaissance drone developed by Elbit Systems.
Hermes 900 — medium-altitude long-endurance reconnaissance drone developed by Elbit Systems.
Heron — medium-altitude long-endurance reconnaissance drone developed by Israel Aerospace Industries.
IAI Harop — loitering munition developed by Israel Aerospace Industries.
MQ-1 Predator — reconnaissance and combat drone developed by General Atomics.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle — reconnaissance and combat drone developed for the United States Army.
MQ-4C Triton — maritime surveillance drone developed by Northrop Grumman.
MQ-20 Avenger — jet-powered unmanned combat aircraft developed by General Atomics.
MQ-25 Stingray — carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling aircraft developed by Boeing.
MQ-9 Reaper — reconnaissance and combat drone developed by General Atomics.
RQ-11 Raven — small reconnaissance drone developed by AeroVironment.
RQ-170 Sentinel — stealth reconnaissance drone developed by Lockheed Martin.
RQ-21 Blackjack — tactical reconnaissance drone developed by Insitu.
RQ-4 Global Hawk — high-altitude surveillance drone developed by Northrop Grumman.
S-70 Okhotnik-B — Russian stealth unmanned combat aircraft.
ScanEagle — small reconnaissance drone developed by Insitu and Boeing.
Shahed 136 — Iranian loitering munition developed by Shahed Aviation Industries.
Switchblade — family of portable loitering munitions developed by AeroVironment.
X-47B — experimental carrier-based unmanned combat aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman.
Military underwater robots
Bluefin-21 — autonomous underwater vehicle developed by Bluefin Robotics for defense, scientific, and deep-sea missions.
Hui Long-class UUV — Taiwanese unmanned underwater vehicle developed as a submarine technology test platform.
Knifefish — autonomous underwater vehicle developed for naval mine detection.
Orca — extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle developed by Boeing for the United States Navy.
Poseidon — Russian nuclear-powered autonomous underwater vehicle capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
Underwater and marine robots
Autosub — series of autonomous underwater vehicles developed in the United Kingdom.
Boaty McBoatface — autonomous underwater vehicle operated by the National Oceanography Centre.
Jason — remotely operated deep-sea research vehicle operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Kaikō — Japanese remotely operated deep-sea research vehicle.
Nereus — hybrid autonomous and remotely operated deep-sea vehicle.
REMUS — series of autonomous underwater vehicles developed for research, surveying, and search operations.
Sentry — autonomous underwater vehicle operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Space and planetary robots
CIMON — free-flying robotic assistant used aboard the International Space Station.
Ingenuity — robotic helicopter operated on Mars by NASA.
Lunokhod 1 — Soviet robotic lunar rover.
Lunokhod 2 — Soviet robotic lunar rover.
Opportunity — NASA Mars rover operated from 2004 to 2018.
Perseverance — NASA rover exploring Mars.
Pragyan — Indian lunar rover used during the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Sojourner — NASA's first rover to operate on Mars.
Spirit — NASA Mars rover operated from 2004 to 2010.
Zhurong — Chinese Mars rover carried by the Tianwen-1 mission.
Educational, research and open-source robots
Educational and research robots
Boe-Bot — programmable wheeled robot used in robotics education.
iRobot Create — programmable mobile robot based on the Roomba platform.
Khepera — small mobile robot used in robotics research and education.
Lego Mindstorms — programmable robotics construction platform developed by Lego.
Bioloid — educational robotics platform developed by Robotis.
Open-source robot platforms
ArduCopter — open-source multirotor aircraft platform based on ArduPilot.
e-puck — open mobile robot platform designed for education and research.
iCub — open humanoid robot platform developed for research in embodied cognition.
OpenROV — open-source remotely operated underwater vehicle.
Salvius — open-source humanoid robot.
Thymio — open educational mobile robot.
TurtleBot — open-source mobile robot platform used for education and research.
Telepresence robots
Double — mobile telepresence robot developed by Double Robotics.
IvanAnywhere — telepresence robot developed for remote workplace collaboration.
TiLR — mobile telepresence robot developed by RoboDynamics.
Social and entertainment robots
Ai-Da — humanoid robotic artist.
hitchBOT — social robot designed to travel by relying on assistance from humans.
Jibo — social and personal-assistant robot developed by Jibo, Inc.
Kismet — expressive social robot developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Pleo — robotic dinosaur designed as an interactive companion.
Wakamaru — domestic and social robot developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Robotic prostheses
Bebionic — myoelectric prosthetic hand designed for everyday activities.
Michelangelo Hand — articulated robotic hand prosthesis developed by Ottobock.
Biomimetic robots
Roboboa — snake-like robotic toy developed by WowWee.
RoboTuna — robotic fish developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study tuna-like swimming.
Other robots
Alpha — robot developed for research and public demonstrations.
Skycam — cable-suspended camera system used for aerial television coverage of sporting events as a cable robot.
Terabot-S — mobile robot developed for research and experimentation.
Vaimos — autonomous robotic bicycle developed for research.
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