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Hardware for embodied AI and the design desk: parts, sensors, compute, robots, peripherals and books — browse by category and click straight through to the product page.
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Parts & actuators
5 itemsServos, joint modules, controllers and dev boards.
actuatorSO-101 follower arm kit (12V Feetech STS3215 servos)A common starter arm kit in the SO-100/SO-101 ecosystem — build it, then run the open-source imitation-learning demos.View on AmazonactuatorFeetech STS3215 bus servo (2-pack)The workhorse actuator for DIY arms: magnetic encoder plus a TTL bus with position feedback.View on Amazonjoint-moduleFeetech STS3215 dual-axis bus servo (2-pack, 7.4V 19KG)A joint module in the smallest form: dual-axis output, magnetic encoder and a TTL bus — buy by the piece when building an arm.View on AmazoncontrollerRaspberry Pi 5 8GB boardThe most common robot brain board: GPIO, camera connectors and community examples are all there — fastest from zero to moving.View on Amazondev-boardSeeed XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense (camera + mic)A thumbnail-sized AIoT board with Wi-Fi/BLE, camera and mic — the quickest way into voice and vision toys.View on Amazon
Sensors & perception
6 itemsLiDAR, depth cameras, IMUs and machine vision.
lidarSlamtec RPLIDAR A1M8 2D LiDAR (12 m)The first LiDAR most robots get: 360-degree scanning out to 12 m, with ROS drivers and tutorials everywhere.View on AmazonlidarSlamtec RPLIDAR C1 LiDAR (5,000 samples/s)The step up from the A1: higher sample rate and accuracy, steadier for live mapping and obstacle avoidance.View on Amazondepth-cameraIntel RealSense D455 depth cameraA longer baseline than the D435i: more accurate depth at range and outdoors, with an IMU on board.View on AmazonsensorIntel RealSense D435i depth cameraThe default depth camera for robot vision: RGB + depth + IMU with ready-made ROS/ROS2 drivers.View on Amazonmachine-visionArducam IMX477 Raspberry Pi HQ camera (12.3MP)Replacing a toy camera on a robot: 12.3MP with a C/CS mount so you can pick the lens, enough for vision datasets.View on AmazonimuYahboom 10-axis IMU AHRS (Kalman filter + barometer)The board for legged balance and state estimation: gyro, accelerometer, magnetometer and barometer with attitude angles out.View on Amazon
Compute
23 itemsGPUs, CPUs, storage, edge boxes, Jetson and discrete-GPU laptops.
gpuGIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5080 GAMING OC 16GThe 16GB tier for running vision models locally and fine-tuning LoRA adapters — cheaper than hourly cloud for long experiments.View on AmazongpuASRock Intel Arc Pro B65 Creator 32GBIntel's workstation card: 32GB of VRAM for local inference in a single-slot blower that stacks.View on AmazongpuGIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GAMD's 16GB consumer flagship: gaming and local inference in one card, with mature Linux drivers.View on AmazoncpuAMD Ryzen 9 9950X desktop processor (16C/32T)The many-core workhorse for local training and data prep: 16C/32T, enough to keep simulators and dataset pipelines on one box.View on AmazoncpuIntel Core Ultra 9 285K (24 cores)Intel's desktop flagship at 24 cores — simulation, data prep and many containers at once.View on AmazonmemoryG.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo 64GB DDR5-6000 (2×32GB)One-click EXPO to 6000MT/s: enough RAM for simulators and many containers.View on AmazonmemoryCrucial 64GB DDR5-4800 SODIMM laptop memory (2×32GB)For upgrading the dev laptop: 64GB so local models and VMs both fit.View on AmazonstorageWD_BLACK SN850X 2TB (with heatsink)The most trusted 2TB: a heatsink keeps sustained dataset writes from throttling.View on AmazonstorageSamsung 9100 PRO 2TB (PCIe 5.0)The 14,700MB/s tier — remove the read bottleneck first and the GPU stops starving.View on AmazonstorageCrucial T705 2TB (PCIe 5.0, heatsink)The other PCIe 5.0 workhorse at 14,500MB/s reads — a straight alternative to the Samsung.View on AmazonstorageSamsung 990 PRO 2TB NVMe SSDEmbodied datasets run into hundreds of GB — sample-read speed decides whether the GPU starves.View on AmazonstorageSeagate IronWolf Pro 8TB NAS hard driveThe cold tier for embodied datasets: hundreds of GB of trajectories and video cost far less on spinning disks.View on Amazonai-hardwareNVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer KitA small robot brain for VLA and vision models: 67 TOPS at a ~15W envelope, runs ROS 2 and Isaac.View on Amazonai-hardwareNVIDIA Jetson Thor Developer KitThe next robot brain: a Blackwell architecture with big unified memory for VLA and multi-camera stacks, without a round trip to the cloud.View on Amazonai-hardwareNVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB Developer KitThe high end of edge compute: ~275 TOPS with 64GB unified memory for multi-camera perception and policy nets on the robot itself.View on Amazonai-hardwareGeeekPi Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ (Hailo, 13 TOPS)The Raspberry Pi 5 AI add-on: cased and cooled, vision models run out of the box.View on Amazonai-hardwareHailo-8 M.2 AI accelerator (26 TOPS)Edge inference for an x86 host: drop-in M.2, a few watts.View on Amazonai-hardwareSeeed reComputer J4011 (Jetson Orin NX 8GB)An edge box with an aluminium case and JetPack preinstalled — attach a camera and go, saving the carrier-board and cooling week.View on Amazonai-hardwareGoogle Coral USB Edge TPU AcceleratorThe easiest edge TPU: plug in over USB and accelerate — the one most old projects assume.View on AmazonworkstationNVIDIA DGX Spark (GB10 Grace Blackwell)A personal AI supercomputer on the desk: enough unified memory to fine-tune and serve serious models locally.View on AmazonworkstationGMKtec EVO-X3 AI mini PC (Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB, 2TB)AMD's local AI box: 128GB of unified memory in a corner-sized machine for local models.View on Amazongaming-laptopASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 + RTX 5080, 32GB/2TB)A 14-inch with a discrete GPU: run diffusion and local LLMs from a café instead of a rack.View on Amazongaming-laptopLenovo Legion 5 Gen 10 (RTX 50-series, 32GB/1TB)The value pick for laptop compute: 32GB of RAM with a big GPU for local training and inference.View on Amazon
Robots & AI toys
5 itemsArms, quadrupeds, educational robots and desktop companions.
robotHiwonder PuppyPi quadruped (ROS + Raspberry Pi 5)SLAM, navigation, speech and vision models on a body that walks — the step between simulation and a real quadruped.View on AmazonrobotElephant myCobot 280 JN desktop 6-DOF armAn open six-axis desktop arm with Python and ROS examples — quicker to grasp-test and teach than building one from scratch.View on AmazonrobotPetoi Bittle X quadruped (pre-assembled + sensor pack)A palm-sized open quadruped, pre-assembled: change gaits and sensors on day one — the least painful way to try legged control.View on Amazonrobot-toyMakeblock mBot2 coding robot (2-pack)A coding robot for kids: Scratch and Python, with real sensors and motors to reason about.View on AmazonchatbotEilik desktop companion robotA palm-sized desk companion with expressive reactions — an easy way to feel what AI toys are like.View on Amazon
AI gear
5 itemsMechanical keyboards, headphones and recording gear.
keyboardNuPhy Air75 V2 mechanical keyboardA 75% tri-mode board for long vibe-coding sessions — works with Mac and Windows.View on AmazonkeyboardKeychron V1 8K custom mechanical keyboard (75%)QMK-programmable, hot-swappable, 8000Hz: remap until it fits, for long sessions pairing with models.View on AmazonaudioRØDE NT-USB+ recording microphoneA common pick for voiceovers, podcasts and speech datasets: straight USB with a pop filter and monitoring.View on AmazonaudioShure MV7+ podcast microphoneA USB-C plus XLR microphone that covers video, podcasts and voice datasets alike.View on AmazonaudioTimekettle M3 translation earbudsReal-time translation across 43 languages — handy for English keynotes and cross-border calls.View on Amazon
Studio
7 itemsMonitors, trackpads, pen tablets, MacBooks and desktops.
monitorBenQ PD2705U 27-inch 4K designer monitorFactory-calibrated with 99% sRGB/Rec.709 — good enough to judge colour, and one 65W USB-C cable to a laptop.View on AmazontrackpadApple Magic Trackpad (black, USB-C)A feel upgrade for retouching: multi-touch gestures suit brush work and match macOS zoom and rotate gestures.View on Amazondrawing-tabletWacom Intuos Pro Medium drawing tablet8192 pressure levels plus Bluetooth — the default tablet for brush workflows on macOS and Windows.View on AmazonstylusWacom Pro Pen 2 (with case and 3 nibs)The 8,192-level first-party pen — for a lost stylus or a spare you keep in the bag.View on AmazoncomputerApple iMac 24-inch (M4)A 4.5K Retina all-in-one that covers retouching and local AI image work alike.View on AmazonlaptopApple MacBook Air 13-inch (M5, 16GB/512GB)The one that covers retouching and small local models: 16GB unified memory, fanless, easy to carry.View on AmazonlaptopApple MacBook Pro 14.2-inch (M5 Max, 64GB/2TB)Local capacity taken seriously: 64GB of unified memory for bigger models and batch image work.View on Amazon
Maker & fabrication
2 itemsDesktop machines for printing enclosures, brackets and jigs.
3d-printerOriginal Prusa MK4S 3D printer (assembled)A dependable machine for brackets, enclosures and jigs — works out of the box with the largest model library.View on Amazon3d-printerCreality K2 Combo multicolor 3D printerAnother machine for robot enclosures and jigs: multicolor in one pass at 600mm/s, so parts iterate the same day.View on Amazon
Capture & flight
2 itemsTeleoperation, motion capture and aerial platforms.
Books
3 itemsClassic texts on state estimation, kinematics and control.
bookProbabilistic Robotics (Thrun, Burgard, Fox)The classic on state estimation, SLAM and localisation — the book embodied-AI work keeps citing.View on AmazonbookReinforcement Learning: An Introduction (Sutton & Barto, 2nd ed.)The standard text on reinforcement learning — policy gradients, value functions, exploration — the first book before robot policies.View on AmazonbookModern Robotics (Lynch & Park)Kinematics, dynamics, planning and control in one book, with a free lecture series alongside.View on Amazon
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