Education and kits

Mobsya

Thymio 3

Swiss classroom robot from EPFL and Mobsya, for ages 6 to 16

Runtime 3–6 h

LEGO Education

LEGO Education Computer Science & AI

Building kits for computer science and AI basics, kindergarten to grade 8

Arduino

Arduino Alvik

Small wheeled robot, programmable from blocks to MicroPython

VEX Robotics

VEX AIM

Classroom robot with built-in AI camera and a game-based curriculum

Mobsya

Thymio II / ThymioAI

Established Swiss classroom robot; the AI version adds a neural network

Pollen Robotics

Reachy Mini

Open desktop robot head for AI demos and coding classes

6 DoF · Weight 1.5 kg

Unitree Robotics

Unitree Go2

The affordable robot dog for demos, teaching and getting started

Weight approx. 15 kg · Payload 7–8 kg · Runtime approx. 60–120 min

Petoi

Petoi Bittle X

Programmable robot dog for coding and robotics basics

Petoi

Petoi Nybble Q

Robot cat kit for coding and motion design

MangDang

Mini Pupper 2

Desk-size robot dog running ROS 2 for robotics courses

Pollen Robotics

Microduck

Small biped for learning reinforcement learning and sim-to-real

15 DoF · Runtime approx. 60 min · Weight 780 g

Hugging Face und Seeed Studio

SO-ARM101

Open arm pair for imitation learning: demonstrate, train, run

6 DoF

Seeed Studio

LeKiwi

Wheeled base with an SO-101 arm that learns pick-and-place on the move

3 DoF

ROBOTIS

ROBOTIS OMX

Leader and follower arm pair for AI classes with ROS 2 and LeRobot

5 DoF

Seeed Studio

reBot Arm B601

Open 6-axis arm for university labs, teleoperation and learning

6 DoF

UFACTORY

UFACTORY Lite 6

Low-cost 6-axis tabletop arm for teaching, lab automation and demos

Payload 600 g · Reach 440 mm · ±0.5 mm

Hiwonder

Hiwonder JetArm

Desktop arm with 3D camera for grasping, tracking and sorting with ROS

Arduino

Tinkerkit Braccio

Classic school robot arm for first mechatronics and Arduino lessons

Yahboom

Yahboom DOFBOT Pro

6-axis desktop arm with depth camera for ROS and AI vision

6 DoF

Elephant Robotics

myCobot 280

6-axis learning arm for kinematics, vision and AI projects

6 DoF

Elephant Robotics

mechArm 270 Pi

Compact 6-axis arm for makers and classrooms

6 DoF

Clearpath Robotics

TurtleBot 4

Well-documented ROS 2 teaching robot for mapping, navigation and vision

Runtime 2.5–4 h · Weight 3.9 kg

Waveshare

Waveshare UGV Rover

Very low-cost 4WD robot for first AI, vision and ROS 2 projects

Weight 2.19 kg

Hiwonder

Hiwonder MentorPi

Entry into ROS 2 on a Raspberry Pi 5, with LiDAR

Hiwonder

Hiwonder JetAuto

Mecanum ROS robot car for SLAM, navigation and voice AI

Duckietown

Duckiebot DB26-J

Self-driving model car with a course on lane following, vision and ML

ROBOTIS

TurtleBot3

Small modular ROS robot for first ROS 2 courses

Runtime 2 h · Weight 1 kg

Elephant Robotics

myAGV

Small omnidirectional vehicle, also with an arm, for mobile handling

Yahboom

Yahboom ROSMASTER M3 Pro

Mobile manipulator for universities: mapping, navigation and 3D grasping

6 DoF

AgileX Robotics

AgileX LIMO Pro

Compact university robot with LiDAR, depth camera and Jetson

Runtime 60 min

Unitree Robotics

Unitree R1

Low-cost walking humanoid for teaching, demos and AI experiments

Height 1.23 m · 20 DoF · Runtime approx. 60 min

Hiwonder

Hiwonder TonyPi

Small walking humanoid for gait, vision and language AI in class

18 DoF

Maxtronics

NAO6

Small humanoid for coding lessons, therapy and research

Height 580 mm · 25 DoF