MARS (Builders Edition)

Innate (Palo Alto) · 2025

$995Batch 2 (Batch 1 was $1,999). Ships assembled. Agent LLM calls and policy training use Innate's cloud
AvailableVia SSH / web / bridgeDepth + lidarJetson on-boardLLM agent OSArmAssembled
Possibly ≤ 1 weekShipping: Unconfirmed. US company, ships assembled, and Batch 2 is listed as purchasable, but no current lead time is published (the store copy is stale). Ask on Innate's Discord before ordering. Innate store ↗
Remote control: Code runs on the robot: open it from Cursor or VS Code on a laptop over Remote-SSH, write Python skills and agents that hot-reload on save, and view cameras and lidar in Foxglove in a browser. A simulator runs on macOS.

Overview

The best out-of-box fit for "a house-roaming robot I program in Python with an LLM brain", since mapping, obstacle avoidance, depth, voice and an arm are already integrated, for under $1k and assembled. The trade-offs are that the brain is on-board and partly Innate-cloud-mediated rather than on a laptop, the small wheels haven't been tested on thick carpet, and it's a young startup. The store copy still says "shipping starting April 2025", so confirm the lead time first.

Top pick for skipping hardware work, with lidar, depth, arm and an LLM agent framework, assembled, for $995.

Specifications

CategoryWheeled rovers · Ready-made dev rovers
Released2025
AvailabilityAvailable
ProgrammabilityOpen source (hardware + software)
Best forAges 14+ (estimated)
Vision sensorsDepth camera, Camera, Lidar
ActuatorsMixed
AudioSpeaker, Microphone
Compute typeNVIDIA Jetson
Remote controlVia SSH / web / bridge
Size~25 cm tall, weight not published
DriveDifferential drive
ComputeNVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super 8 GB (67 TOPS), 1 TB SSD
VisionTilting stereo head, 150° FOV, depth 0.4–6 m, wrist cam 1080p
Lidar2D 360°, 0.15–6 m
SensorsSpeaker, mic, 7 Dynamixel servos (5+1 DOF arm), USB 3 + GPIO expansion
Runtime~5 h
Speed0.4 m/s (0.8 m/s "Mad" mode)
SDKInnate OS (open source, ROS 2 underneath): Python skills + LLM agents, spatial memory, mapping and navigation, learn-from-demo arm policies

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