Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Goliath CNC
The first autonomous robotic tool for Makers
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Goliath CNC launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey HN, I am Cam, and for the past two years I have been working on Compass, an open-source handheld CNC router that brings computer precision to woodworking while keeping the user directly involved in the process. The idea started as my senior design project at UC Berkeley, with the goal of making a more approachable CNC machine—standard CNC machines are expensive, bulky, and remove you from the tactile “maker” experience. Compass solves that by combining a handheld router with real-time robotic assistance. You move the router roughly along a design path, and Compass uses four optical flow…
2025 · compassrouter.com · its alternatives →
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Hexbot Robot Arm▲150All-in-one robot arm that turns your desktop into a workshop
2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Sowbot is an open-hardware agricultural robot designed to close the "prototype gap" that kills most agri-robotics startups and research projects — the 18+ months spent on drivers, networking, safety watchdogs, and UI before you can even start on the thing you actually care about. The hardware is built around a stackable 10×10cm compute module with two ARM Cortex-A55 SBCs — one for ROS 2 navigation/EKF localisation, one dedicated to vision/YOLO inference — connected via a single ethernet cable. Centimetre-level positioning via dual RTK GNSS, CAN bus for field comms, and real-time…
Feb 2026 · sowbot.co.uk · its alternatives →
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2013 · sidg.tl · its alternatives →
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Introducing Stack-chan, an open-source hardware robot designed with Fusion360 and Kicad that is easy to assemble and customize. With just 6 screws, you can easily put together the robot and add your own features using JavaScript with the Moddable SDK. Stack-chan is completely open-source and the design files, firmware and software are all available on GitHub repository (https://github.com/meganetaaan/stack-chan) . Give it a try and customize it to your needs. We'd love to see what you create and hear your feedback on this open-source project.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2024 · anfractuosity.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · gobot.stoneware.tech · its alternatives →
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Aero Hand Open▲156An open-source dexterous hand for research and makers
2025 · tetheria.ai · its alternatives →
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How to Make a CHIP Robot. In this tutorial we walk you through how to build and make a C.H.I.P. robot with the $9 Computer.
2016 · dexterindustries.com · its alternatives →
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Makerarm▲126The first robotic arm that makes anything, anywhere
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Ready-to-run CNC mill that's at home in any environment
2017 · carbide3d.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · heavyfishdesign.com · its alternatives →
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FarmBot Genesis is humanity's first open-source CNC farming
2016 · farm.bot · its alternatives →
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