BASEMENT BOYS / OPEN LABRobot Field Guide
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A practical guide to open robotics

See what could work
in your space.

Describe the job, add a few measurements, and get a transparent robot shortlist. We show what looks promising, what does not fit, what is still unknown, and the source behind every important fact.

Start with your job ↓ Explore all 13 robots
4
movement classes
13
open robot records
Local
photo processing
Honest
unknowns stay visible
Your robot landscapeNot to scale · movement classes
BENCH WORK ROOM WIDTH
ManipulateWalkTraverseFly

A guided rough-fit study

What should the robot
help you do?

Start with a familiar job. You can change every measurement and candidate before running the comparison.

Current fidelityRough fitGeometry + published facts, not a digital twin
Step 1Choose the closest job
Step 2Give the room a real scale

Two measurements are enough to begin. Millimeters keep the math honest; we translate them to feet for quick checking.

About 16.4 ft
About 13.1 ft
Add precise measurementsDoor clearance, payload, reach, terrain, and notes

Photos provide visual context only. Measurements set the scale; the browser does not infer dimensions from the image.

Step 3Review your starter shortlist

We picked a useful starting set for the job above. Keep it, or compare up to six robots across arms, humanoids, quadrupeds, and drones.

Change the shortlistBrowse every sourced record

Your rough-fit reportReady when you are
No comparison yetChoose a job, check the room size, and we will explain what looks plausible—and what still needs proof.
Screening, not certification.

A promising result means “worth investigating in a higher-fidelity simulator.” It is not a safety, purchase, deployment, or sim-to-real claim.

Want the math?Open the engineer lab

Inspect source records, planar kinematics, collision checks, configuration space, and the workcell builder.

Open lab ↓
DEEP DIVE / SOURCE CATALOG + PLANAR ARM TEACHING ENGINE INSPECT THE DATA. THEN OPEN THE MOTION LAB.
OPEN ROBOT WORKCELL INDEX

CHOOSE
A ROBOT.

COMPARE REAL U.S. AND EUROPEAN ROBOTICS ECOSYSTEMS, THEN OPEN THE MOTION MODEL.

01 / PLATFORM CLASS
02 / SPECIMEN DRAWER 05 INDEXED
AMERICAN / US INTERBOTIX / TROSSEN

ROS 1 + ROS 2 MANIPULATOR PACKAGES

OPENNESS
OPEN COMPONENT
LICENSE / TERMS
BSD-3-CLAUSE
SOURCE FACT
679 MM TO FINGERTIP
SIM ENGINE
PLANAR ARM V1 / LIVE
AVAILABILITY
COMMERCIAL PRODUCT
SUPPLY CHAIN
NOT ASSESSED
SOURCE CHECKED
2026-07-30
SIM GEOMETRY SOURCE REACH / NORMALIZED 2-LINK DRAWING INTERBOTIX / TROSSEN PROJECT OR COMPANY RECORD / USA
SOURCE ↗ PRODUCT / DOCS ↗
SELECTED MODEL WIDOWX 250S
MODE INVERSE KINEMATICS
PLAN 02 WAYPOINTS
COLLISION CLEAR
CELL / 900 × 700 MM SAMPLE 000
Interactive planar robot arm A normalized two-link robot teaching model with draggable targets, obstacles, inverse-kinematics alternatives, and a planned trajectory.

DRAGGABLE SCENE / IN-BROWSER COMPUTE

02 / SEE THE SEARCH ACTIVE ARM CONFIGURATION SPACE
FREE COLLISION PLAN

Q2 +180°Q2 −180°

A* STANDBY

ADD OR MOVE AN OBSTACLE TO SEE FORBIDDEN JOINT STATES.

00.00 / 00.00 JOINT TRAJECTORY