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Robot arm · Research and development

PiPER

Reality level : Paper announcement · Proof: statements only, with no demonstration and no sale observed. See the rule

Useful for: Research and development

by AgileX Robotics

Key facts

Robot arm weighing 4.2 kg.

Weight
4.2 kg
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. AgileX Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “Weighing just 4.2kg”
Payload
1.5 kg
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. AgileX Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “it easily handles a 1.5kg payload”
ROS compatibility
ROS 1 and ROS 2
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. AgileX Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “supports both ROS1 and ROS2”
Python API
Yes controlled via Python API
Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. AgileX Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “PiPER can be controlled via Python API”

Not disclosed price, height, battery life, availability in France

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Specifications

2 verified specifications · updated on

PiPER, specifications and levels of evidence
SpecificationPiPERLevel of evidence
Weight4.2 kgOriginal text: “4.2kg”Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. AgileX Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “Weighing just 4.2kg”
Payload1.5 kgOriginal text: “1.5kg”Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. AgileX Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “it easily handles a 1.5kg payload”

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Program this robot

Verified on

Programmable: yes (Python, ROS 2).

Accessible from the intermediate level. To start: Python SDK. To go further: ROS.

SDK and languages

Python API
Yes Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. AgileX Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “PiPER can be controlled via Python API”

ROS 2

ROS compatibility
ROS 1 and ROS 2 Claimed by the manufacturerClaimed by the manufacturer. AgileX Robotics (pages produit officielles), accessed 28 September 2026. Original text: “supports both ROS1 and ROS2”

Community projects

  • libratbag/piper · Project independent of the manufacturer

    GPL-2.0 · 6,008 stars · Python · Active, last updated 12/08/2026

    GTK application to configure gaming devices

  • rsxdalv/TTS-WebUI · Project independent of the manufacturer

    MIT · 3,280 stars · TypeScript · Active, last updated 07/09/2026

    A single Gradio + React WebUI with extensions for ACE-Step, OmniVoice, Kimi Audio, Piper TTS, GPT-SoVITS, CosyVoice, XTTSv2, DIA, Kokoro, OpenVoice, ParlerTTS, Stable Audio, MMS, StyleTTS2, MAGNet, AudioGen, MusicGen, Tortoise, RVC, Vocos, Demucs, SeamlessM4T, and Bark!

  • C-Loftus/QuickPiperAudiobook · Project independent of the manufacturer

    AGPL-3.0 · 1,057 stars · Go · Slowing down, last updated 07/11/2025

    With one command, create a natural-sounding audiobook from a variety of input formats (epub, mobi, txt, PDF, HTML and more!)

  • MINT-SJTU/Evo-RL · Project independent of the manufacturer

    Apache-2.0 · 820 stars · Python · Active, last updated 15/09/2026

    We release Evo-RL, the opensource real-world offline RL on So-101 and AgileX PiPER for easier reproduction.

  • domesticatedviking/TextyMcSpeechy · Project independent of the manufacturer

    MIT · 718 stars · Shell · Dormant, last updated 07/04/2025

    Easily create Piper text-to-speech models in any voice. Make a text-to-speech model with your own voice recordings, or use thousands of RVC voices. Works offline on a Raspberry pi. Rapidly record custom datasets for any metadata.csv file and listen to your model as it is training.

See the 5 other repositories

  • gitmono-dev/mega · Project independent of the manufacturer

    Apache-2.0 · 517 stars · TypeScript · Active, last updated 16/09/2026

    Mega is an open-source implementation of Google Piper — a Git-compatible monorepo engine built for the AI Agent era.

  • agilexrobotics/piper_sdk · Project independent of the manufacturer

    MIT · 404 stars · Python · Active, last updated 07/09/2026

    The code for controlling the Piper robotic arm

  • estebanstifli/LocalText2Voice · Project independent of the manufacturer

    MIT · 370 stars · Python · Active, last updated 28/09/2026

    Free open-source AI desktop app for audiobooks, podcasts, documentaries, films and animated videos with local models, cloud APIs and editable storyboards.

  • agilexrobotics/piper_ros · Project independent of the manufacturer

    MIT · 367 stars · C++ · Slowing down, last updated 04/03/2026

    piper ros workspace

  • Elleo/pied · Project independent of the manufacturer

    GPL-3.0 · 297 stars · Dart · Slowing down, last updated 19/05/2026

    Pied makes it simple to install and manage text-to-speech Piper voices for use with Speech Dispatcher.

Figures read on GitHub on 02/10/2026.

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