Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Otto DIY
build, code and design your own robot
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Otto DIY launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Otto Engineer▲148Autonomous AI software engineer that runs in the browser
2024 · otto.engineer · its alternatives →
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Hi all, excited to share our latest work, OK-Robot, which is an open and modular framework to perform navigation and manipulation with a robot assistant in practically any homes without having to teach the robot anything new! You can simply unbox the target robot, install OK-Robot, give it a "scan" (think a 60 second iPhone video), and start asking the robot to move arbitrary things from A to B. We already tested it out in 10 home environments in New York city, and one environment each in Pittsburgh and Fremont. We based everything off of the current best machine learning models, and so…
2024 · ok-robot.github.io · its alternatives →
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Ascend.io▲149Advanced AI for building & running agentic data & workflows
2025 · ascend.io · its alternatives →
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OTTO▲87Smart milling machine. You know, for herbs and stuff.
2018 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Proud to share our open-source robot platform, Dobb·E, a home robot system that needs just 5 minutes of human teaching to learn new tasks. We've already taken Dobb·E to 10 different homes in New York, taught it 100+ tasks, and we are just getting started! I would love to hear your thoughts about this. Here are some more details, below (or see a Twitter thread with attached media: https://twitter.com/i/status/1729515379892826211 or https://nitter.net/i/status/1729515379892826211): We engineered Dobb·E to maximize efficiency, safety, and…
2023 · dobb-e.com · its alternatives →
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A robot for every desk and every home | Top robot 2026 & diy robotic kit, robot toys!
2019 · personalrobots.biz · its alternatives →
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Your AI co-founder that builds, launches, and sells for you
Apr 2026 · audos.com · its alternatives →
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Build an autonomous industrial vehicle in sim
2022 · polymathrobotics.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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Fun, expressive robots for learning code and electronics
2017 · littlerobotfriends.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · youtube.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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Classicbot▲121A desktop toy for those with a passion for classic computers
2017 · classicbot.com · its alternatives →
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