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24 alternatives to Changelog #177: Cylon.js, Gobot, Artoo, and IoT with Ron Evans from The Hybrid Group

Leader of The Hybrid Group and creator of open source robots

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Changelog #177: Cylon.js, Gobot, Artoo, and IoT with Ron Evans from The Hybrid Group launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Cylon.js▲80

   JavaScript framework for robotics and IoT

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   El Robot▲174

   The best startup resources, in Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4DA
   Diffmatic – A daily GitHub digest for dev teams▲67

   2014 · diffmatic.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Growbot for Microsoft Teams▲132

   A fun way to give kudos to your teammates!

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Cachemonet▲89

   Robot-created GIF + music mashups

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Will automation in support lead to Cylons?▲55

   Elise Ramsay and Mercer Smith-Looper talk support automation

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Botified▲101

   A job board for bot developers

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hubot by Github▲114

   Your company's robot

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Botbuzz▲127

    On-Demand chatbot developers

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Rover▲116

    iBeacon platform and open source SDK

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Hacking UI podcast #11 - Turning our side project into a full time gig▲62

    1 month in, and launching The Side Project Accelerator

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Does Not Compute - 16: Hello World Superheroes▲62

    Paul & Sean discuss the current state of JavaScript

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Bike Shed - #32: Bug For Bug Compatibility▲55

    Microsoft's interest in open source and Sean's progress imp…

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Farstuff - 22: AllJoyn w/ Philip DesAutels from The Linux Foundation▲55

    An Internet of Things (IoT) podcast

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    This Week in ML & AI - 7/22/16: Google Datacenters, New GPU from NVIDIA, Faster RNNs▲67

    + New Cloud ML APIs, Sketchy AI Adoption #s & Cool Projects

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Software Engineering Daily — The Evolution of Rails with David Heinemeier Hansson▲67

    DHH talks software, evolving Basecamp, and "unicorns"

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Jay and Farhad Show - Google's Struggling Robotics Division▲56

    BI tech writer Jillian D'Onfro on Google Robotics

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    CellRobot▲71

    Hundreds of modular robots in one

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Stack Overflow Podcast - A Bunch of Bald Yaks▲66

    HyperDev, the fastest way to bang out code and run it online

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Apitronics▲75

    Nest for Farming

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    hoverbot.io, my robotics side project▲18

    2016 · hoverbot.io · its alternatives →

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    Take Back the Day - Robotics▲53

    Simon imagines Sam as an artificial intelligence. And stuff.

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    FarmBot Genesis▲17

    Humanity's first open-source CNC farming machine

    2015 · its alternatives →

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