Robot gifts for engineers

Gear you can program.

Updated November 2, 2026

Picks

AR4 MK5 combo kit
Annin Robotics · USA
From $1,189 · Buy now
The complete AR4 kit. Aluminum, hardware, and the primary electrical parts.
myCobot 280 Pi
Elephant Robotics · China
$799 · Buy now
Elephant’s small 6-axis arm with a Raspberry Pi built into the base.
PiPER
AgileX Robotics · China
$1,999 · Buy now
A light 6-joint arm for research and teleoperation.
Unitree Go2
Unitree · China
From $1,600 · Buy now
The robot dog people actually buy. AIR, PRO, X, and an EDU you program.
Bittle X
Petoi · USA
From $319 · Buy now
Palm-size coding robot dog with voice control, sold as a kit or pre-assembled.
Mini Pupper 2
MangDang · China
$649 · Buy now
Open-source desktop robot dog for learning ROS.
SO-101
The Robot Studio · France
Unlisted · Buy now
The low-cost open-source arm made with Hugging Face for LeRobot.