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24 alternatives to Sunflower

An autonomous robotic shade that tracks the sun 🌞

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sunflower launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sunflower Labs▲227

   Drone-based home security for the rest of us

   2016 · sunflower-labs.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Lucy▲201

   A smart robot that bends sunlight where you want it.

   2015 · preorderlucy.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Photon Robot▲137

   A robot that grows with your child.

   2016 · meetphoton.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   GreenPiThumb – A Raspberry Pi Gardening Bot▲537

   Using the Raspberry Pi to water plants automatically

   2017 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Gemini Robotics ER 1.6▲221

   Google's SOTA robotics model for visual & spatial reasoning!

   Apr 2026 · deepmind.google · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Solar▲515

   An infinite canvas for vibe-coding production apps.

   2025 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Starship▲234

   Self-driving robot for local delivery

   2015 · starship.xyz · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Miimo▲175

   Robot lawn mower, by Honda.

   2017 · honda.co.uk · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Sunn▲118

   A smart light fixture that brings the changing sun indoors

   2015 · sunnlight.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    SOLAR by Aireal ▲88

    Walk among the planets via geospatial augmented reality

    2016 · aireal.io · its alternatives →

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    Daylight Sun Tracker Sunflower▲10

    Gamified daily reminder for sunlight

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Google Gnome▲204

    The smart yard is finally here.

    2017 · store.google.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sun Seeker▲86

    Augmented reality 3-D viewer that shows the solar path

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Lantern▲131

    A device to access web content for free (Indiegogo)

    2014 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Android Things Lantern▲113

    Real-world AR with Google's new IoT platform

    2018 · experiments.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Lucy▲12

    A robot that fills your home with sunshine

    2016 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Shade.io▲3

    Beautifully-designed & wearable ultraviolet measuring techno

    2015 · wearshade.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Floating Cloud▲38

    A magnetically levitating ambient lamp.

    2018 · rclarkson.com · its alternatives →

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    Landroid▲101

    Robotic grass mover (Roomba for your lawn)

    2015 · worx.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    HEXA▲122

    An all-terrain hexapod robot

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Revolights▲88

    A futuristic bicycle lighting system

    2015 · revolights.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    SunOpps▲71

    Go Solar: one-stop budgeting, design and installation

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Bright Sun▲64

    B2B Lead-Generation Platform

    2014 · brightsungroup.com · its alternatives →

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    Virtual Sun▲101

    We built CircadianLab, a free in-browser tool for lighting design. It uses webGPU shaders to calculate melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance (mel-EDI, formerly EML, relevant for circadian rhythm and WELL v2 compliance), photopic illuminance, UGR glare per CIE 117, and actual daylight through windows and skylights. It has a database of 400,000+ IES files from 81 lighting manufacturers and supports easy sharing of scenes/configs with other people. Daylight uses the NREL Solar Position Algorithm and a Perez clear / intermediate / overcast sky model, mixed into the same…

    2020 · innerscene.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →