Education & Research
Learn robotics, prototype ideas and run repeatable experiments with accessible platforms.
Questions to answer before choosing
Use these three questions to define the job before comparing products.
- Which age group, curriculum or research question must the platform support?
- Are source code, simulation, ROS and low-level control interfaces available?
- Can the institution afford maintenance, spares and multiple student users?
When not to automate yet
Consider whether improving the current workflow would meet your needs first.
- A stated teaching goal or research question
- Source code, simulation and low-level interfaces that are actually open
- A budget that covers consumables, spares and student wear
- Durability and spare-part lead time at class-scale use
- Whether documentation and course material are sufficient
- Access to the low-level control the research question needs
- A replacement for course design and teacher time
- Maintenance-free operation under heavy shared use
- Industrial-grade reliability at teaching prices
Three ways to solve the same problem
Choose the lowest layer that reliably removes the bottleneck.
Process first
Standardize the workflow, remove unnecessary steps and measure the bottleneck before buying technology.
Software automation
Use workflows, RPA or AI agents when the work is digital and the inputs and exceptions can be defined.
Physical robot
Use an arm, AMR, drone or humanoid when movement in the real world is the constraint to remove.
Tools for this scene · 169 tools
Unitree G1
Humanoid Robots
Compact humanoid with separate G1 and G1 EDU configurations
From US $13.5K (tax and shipping excluded)
Dify
AI Agents
Open-source LLM app development platform
Open source
AGIBOT X1
Humanoid Robots
Open-source humanoid research platform with documented inference software
Not specified · Contact the vendor for pricing
AGIBOT A3
Humanoid Robots
Full-size humanoid for stage performance and research
Not specified · Contact the vendor for pricing
Kinova Link 6
Robotic Arms
Six-axis industrial cobot with 6 kg continuous payload at 200 mm from the wrist
Universal Robots UR10e
Robotic Arms
A six-axis collaborative robot arm with a 12.5 kg payload and 1300 mm reach.
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FANUC CRX-20iA/L
Robotic Arms
Six-axis collaborative arm with 20 kg wrist load and 1418 mm reach
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FANUC CRX-10iA/L
Robotic Arms
Six-axis collaborative arm with 10 kg wrist load and 1418 mm reach
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FANUC CRX-10iA
Robotic Arms
Six-axis collaborative arm with 10 kg wrist load and 1249 mm reach
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FANUC CRX-5iA
Robotic Arms
Six-axis collaborative arm with 5 kg wrist load and 994 mm reach
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DOBOT CR20A
Robotic Arms
Collaborative arm with 1700 mm working radius
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DOBOT Nova 5
Robotic Arms
Collaborative arm with 850 mm working radius
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Franka Research 3
Robotic Arms
Seven-axis research arm with torque sensing and 1 kHz control access
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UFACTORY Lite 6
Robotic Arms
Compact six-axis arm for 600 g loads and 440 mm reach
Pricing and stock vary by configuration and region; check the official store
Kinova Gen3
Robotic Arms
Six- or seven-axis research arm with Kortex control
UFACTORY 850
Robotic Arms
A six-axis collaborative arm with a 5 kg payload, 850 mm reach and ±0.02 mm repeatability.
Pricing and stock vary by controller configuration and region; check the official store
Techman TM20
Robotic Arms
Vision-equipped collaborative arm with 20 kg payload and 1300 mm reach
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Techman TM14
Robotic Arms
Vision-equipped collaborative arm with 14 kg payload and 1100 mm reach
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Techman TM12
Robotic Arms
Vision-equipped collaborative arm with 12 kg payload and 1300 mm reach
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Techman TM5-900
Robotic Arms
Vision-equipped collaborative arm with 4 kg payload and 946 mm reach
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Techman TM5-700
Robotic Arms
Vision-equipped collaborative arm with 6 kg payload and 746 mm reach
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Microduck
Humanoid Robots
25 cm open-source biped for reinforcement-learning experiments
Announced · Pre-order
Sponsored
Elephant myCobot
Robotic Arms
Desktop cobot for education and makers
￥4999 起
Elephant Robotics Mercury B1
Robotic Arms
Elephant Robotics' Mercury B1 is a semi-humanoid robot with 17 degrees of freedom and dual seven-axis arms for embodied intelligence research.