Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to OpenTrons
Liquid Handling Robot for Biotech
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. OpenTrons launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2013 · dexterindustries.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Gourmet Hamburger-making Robots: The Next Gen of Fast Food
2014 · its alternatives →
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2014 · kortaggio.github.io · 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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Excuse my typing, I've just been up for a few hours and I've made my deadline for SB 5.0 =] ... but for HN.. you guys get it early I present to you my fellow hackers: https://github.com/delinquentme/LH001 ....I call it the 'LH001' , it is: open source, arduino based, 96 well microplate, peristaltic pump, liquid handler running: open protocol controls ( in browser or over wire ), In Ruby on Rails And here it is in person: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY5IY5CZ1es Questions? Critiques? Thoughts? So, do I have HN's permission to change my twitter bio to include "biohacker" ?
2011 · its alternatives →
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Leader of The Hybrid Group and creator of open source robots
2015 · its alternatives →
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