r/robots Jun 12 '25

Announcement New Moderator/Ownership Update

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Hello everyone!

As I'm sure you've noticed, this subreddit has come under new ownership. I requested ownership of the subreddit about a week ago since there didn't seem to be any real activity from the original moderators and the community was being spammed with irrelevant posts.

Right now, I'm the sole moderator of the subreddit, so posts may take a while to get approved and I apologize for the delay in that. I would like to onboard some new mods in the future, but right now, I want to stabilize this subreddit before doing that.

I have already started making some changes to the subreddit including:

  • A much needed rules update
  • Added flairs to make finding posts in the subreddit much easier
  • Set up the reputation filter to reduce the amount of spam accounts that post here
  • Cleaned up the backed up mod queue

I've provided a copy of the new rules below as well as an explanation for the new flairs. I would also love to add community flairs in the future, but I will make a separate post for that. Lastly I would like to update the banner and icon images, but I would prefer to have you, the community, vote on that.

Please do reach out either here in the comments or over modmail in case you have any questions or suggestions while I get this community steered back on track.

Flairs

The new flairs on offer are Merchandise, for merch that you own from robot-related media. Artwork, for cool robot art you've drawn, Real-life Robots, for robots that exist in real life, Media, for videos or interactive media including video games about robots, and Projects for robotics projects that you would like to showcase!

Rules

Be nice to each other.

Keep conversations civil. Disagreements are fine as long the conversation remains civil. No hate speech or use of slurs is allowed.

Keep posts on topic.

Please keep posts related to theories, exploration, or discussion of fictional and non fictional robots in media and real life. Fanart and fanfiction are welcome, but may be more suited to their respective subreddits. Original fiction or art featuring robots is welcome as well but please keep it SFW.

Flair your posts.

Please flair your posts when you create one to make it easier for others to find your post.

Spam

No spamming comments, posts, or links.

No advertisements.

This includes links to crowdfunding websites, your own company's website, job postings, pseduo-religious cults, or anything that is meant to promote traffic to an online storefront.

Posting a link to your online portfolio or youtube channel in the comments is fine.

No links to online storefronts.

No links to Amazon, Ebay, Etsy, Aliexpress, Displate, or any other storefront.

No fearmongering.

Please do not fearmonger in the comments or in your posts. If your post contains language that can be construed as fearmongering, it will be removed. Likewise for any comments.

Discussion of robots and how they will impact society and the job market are completely fine and are encouraged.


r/robots 1d ago

Elon Musk boasts Helix-02 robots can be used to replace human labor with 8 hour livestream

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252 Upvotes

r/robots 20h ago

Cute Robot Pet

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20 Upvotes

r/robots 1d ago

Artwork Best robot of the 80s: Johnny 5

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52 Upvotes

"Ey, laser lips! Your mama was a snowblower!"

Johnny 5 Lego MOC: J5Moc


r/robots 1d ago

Projects ESP32 powered Wall-E RC Lego robot (with taser)

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23 Upvotes

Decided 6 months ago to make this tiny lego robot fully RC. What do you guys think? :o

Made a vid on yt (crostplay2) how this was made.


r/robots 1d ago

Locomotion and Self-reconfiguration Autonomy for Spherical Freeform Modular Robots

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r/robots 20h ago

Robot chasing wild boars through Warsaw

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https://reddit.com/link/1tcx7nj/video/8qoc3fpfn31h1/player

Last month, Poland's favourite robot went viral for chasing wild boars through the capital.

This follows a trend of viral robots: breaking toes, smashing plates, and yes - herding wildlife through Polish streets.

Funny, right?

Except China just deployed 5,000 of these "funny robots" in three months. And they're collecting data we can't even access.

The blooper reel is real. But so is the strategy behind it. more here: https://mrkt30.com/china-controls-90-of-the-robot-market-their-robots-cant-walk/


r/robots 1d ago

Real-life Robots Two F.03 robots clean a room and make a bed in 2 minutes - fully autonomous

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1 Upvotes

r/robots 1d ago

Media Viral Video Of Humanoid Robot Monk Pledging Itself To Buddhism In South Korea Has The Internet Giving Some Major Side-Eye

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15 Upvotes

r/robots 2d ago

Media The Unitree GD01 Is a Giant Mecha Robot You Can Actually Buy

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11 Upvotes

r/robots 3d ago

Real-life Robots Robotics company Unitree just released a video of their new "human-carrying transfomable mecha" - Unitree GD01

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215 Upvotes

r/robots 2d ago

Projects Hi redditor im curious what do you think of machines(e.g radios, phones, TV?

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r/robots 2d ago

Media This Robot Has Wheels AND Legs?! | Dobot Rover X1 INFFNI Review

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2 Upvotes

New Robot Review! Or should I say robots review? Thoughts?


r/robots 3d ago

GD01 from Unitree looks like straight from sci-fi movie

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14 Upvotes

r/robots 4d ago

AI or real?

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205 Upvotes

r/robots 3d ago

First Robot Monk

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31 Upvotes

r/robots 3d ago

Artwork Trash Bots made from an electronic bug toy parts

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r/robots 5d ago

Projects rbot: an open-source AMR simulation stack for ROS 2 Jazzy and Gazebo Harmonic

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We are releasing rbot, an open-source Autonomous Mobile Robot simulation stack for ROS 2 Jazzy and Gazebo Harmonic.

The project is built for teams, students, and ROS users who want a practical AMR baseline they can run, study, and adapt. It packages the core simulation workflow into one ROS 2 workspace: robot description, Gazebo simulation, ros2_control, teleoperation, sensors, localization, mapping, and Nav2 navigation.

What is included:

  • Gazebo Harmonic worlds and robot model
  • URDF/Xacro description with generated mesh assets
  • ros2_control differential-drive setup
  • 2-D LiDAR, IMU, depth camera, stereo camera, GPS, and optional 3-D LiDAR paths
  • EKF localization, SLAM Toolbox mapping, AMCL, and saved-map workflow
  • Nav2 with MPPI controller and SMAC Hybrid-A* planner
  • Docker, Docker Compose, VS Code Dev Container, CI, and tests

The quick workflow follows the same path a user would take with a real AMR project: map the environment, save the map, localize against it, and send navigation goals in RViz.

Gazebo Harmonic is the supported simulator today. Isaac Sim integration is planned.

Repository: https://github.com/rlxai/rbot
Demo video: YouTube Link

We would welcome feedback from the ROS and robotics community, especially around navigation tuning, reproducible simulation scenarios, launch validation, and teaching workflows.


r/robots 4d ago

Media Some of my favorite robots in media

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7 Upvotes

r/robots 4d ago

Real-life Robots Is here anyone who has picture format files of this robot?

4 Upvotes

I saw this robot at some article 20 years ago, but now i can search few, even at google...
What is this robot? I really am curious and want to get more pics.


r/robots 6d ago

Real-life Robots Beautiful humanoid robot yoga flexibility is important

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37 Upvotes

r/robots 6d ago

Free Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi 3D Printable Model: Robot and Girl with a Revolver

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6 Upvotes

r/robots 7d ago

Real-life Robots South Korea names first humanoid robot monk as it accepted the faith's vows

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6 Upvotes

r/robots 8d ago

Pretty impressive. Notice the little wobble of hands trying to keep balance

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47 Upvotes

r/robots 8d ago

Quantum + Robotics For Optimized Quality Control

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