Turn your home into a giant crane game with this open source robot
Stringman is a ceiling-mounted robot featuring an AI-equipped claw suspended by four adjustable strings that span up to 10 meters diagonally across a room. With a 2 kg payload capacity, it can move between floor and ceiling heights (up to 4 meters) to retrieve and place items in designated locations. Currently a public prototype capable of self-calibration and policy execution, it demonstrates potential for laundry sorting, toy organization, and general room navigation, though the developers note it isn't yet reliable enough for commercial home appliance use.
Key points
- Open-source ceiling-mounted robotic claw controlled by motorized strings
- 2 kg payload capacity, spans up to 10 meters diagonally
- Can self-calibrate and perform household tidying tasks
- Public prototype; not yet ready for consumer deployment
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