About RobotForge

We’re building the site we wish existed when we tried to build our first robot at a kitchen table.

Why we exist

The physical-AI boom is happening in closed vaults. Figure, Tesla Optimus, 1X NEO — incredible engineering, zero source code. At the same time, open-source robotics (Poppy, Reachy, K-Scale, ROS, Arduino) is thriving but scattered. Great tutorials on one site, good projects on another, courses on a third, and simulators on a fourth that each want three hours of setup.

RobotForge is the one place. Tutorials, projects, courses, and a simulator that runs in your browser — so the first step of learning robotics is not “install ROS.”

How we’re different

• Open by default. Simulator code is Apache-2.0. No DRM on tutorials. Projects are remixable.
• Real physics in the browser. No other DIY community site has a first-class simulator. We do.
• Courses with curriculum. Not a pile of unordered tutorials — structured paths from beginner to walking robot.

How we make money

We sell courses. That’s it. No ads, no selling your email, no dark-pattern upsells. Everything else — articles, projects, the simulator — stays free.

Who we are

A small team of hardware hackers, robotics researchers, and web engineers. If you want to write for the site, build a simulator lesson, or just say hi, email hi@robotforge.org.