Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to SpotMini

A nimble robot that can handle objects & climbs stairs

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SpotMini launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   SPOT MINI▲8

   SpotMini - Boston Dynamics Robot Dog

   2018 · bostondynamics.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   MicroBot Push▲140

   The wireless robotic finger that makes dumb products smart

   2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

3. 3OR
   OK-Robot: open, modular home robot framework for pick-and-drop anywhere▲542

   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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   Dobb·E – towards home robots with an open-source platform▲394

   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 →

5. 5
   Unitree R1▲310

   Ultra-lightweight humanoid robot starting at $5900

   2025 · unitree.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Bittle▲140

   A palm-sized robot dog for STEM and fun 🐕

   2020 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Samsung Ballie▲149

   A cute, personal robot from Samsung

   2024 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Reachy Mini▲193

   A new open-source robot for your desk

   2025 · huggingface.co · its alternatives →

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   Ozobot▲78

   The World's Smallest Smart Robot

   2015 · ozobot.com · its alternatives →

10. 10SA
    Spotbot, a Slack bot that monitors your website for visual bugs▲179

    2016 · spotbot.qa · its alternatives →

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    Lil’Bot▲90

    Small self-balancing, Segway-like robot

    2014 · lil-bot.com · its alternatives →

12. 12LC
    Live control a robot running around my house▲162

    2016 · runmyrobot.com · its alternatives →

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    Varram Pet Robot▲176

    Brainy companion for home alone pets

    2018 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    PLEN Cube▲79

    Personal assistant robot that fits in the palm of your hand

    2017 · sakura189.wiki · its alternatives →

15. 15MS
    Meet Sid, our Raspberry-Pi-powered office robot▲133

    2013 · sidg.tl · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Braava Jet▲142

    Roomba’s first robotic mopping machine

    2016 · irobot.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Open-source quadruped robot with robotic arm▲61

    OpenAI Gym environments for an open-source quadruped robot (SpotMicro) - nicrusso7/rex-gym

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Lucy▲201

    A smart robot that bends sunlight where you want it.

    2015 · preorderlucy.com · its alternatives →

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    Pepper Robot▲83

    An emotionally aware, humanoid robot

    2015 · maxtronics.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Appbot Riley▲130

    Never leave your pets alone at home with this smart robot

    2017 · thepawkingdom.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Segway Loomo▲86

    A personal robot

    2018 · segwayrobotics.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Line-us▲146

    A small robot arm that draws with a pen on paper

    2017 · line-us.com · its alternatives →

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    Roomba▲99

    A WiFi-connected robot vacuum by iRobot

    2015 · irobot.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    280 Elephant Arm by myCobot▲91

    Six-axis collaborative robot

    2021 · elephantrobotics.com · its alternatives →

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