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Is there a robot that can pick up toys?
Build it yourself
Only if you build or program it. Stretch AI on a Hello Robot Stretch 3 takes commands like "pick up the toy and put it in the basket", and OK-Robot did pick-and-drop in 10 real homes. No retail robot tidies toys on its own yet.
Maker pages checked Oct 23, 2026. Prices only where the maker lists one.
Quick answers
- Can you buy a robot that picks up toys?
- Not yet. We haven't found a robot you can buy that tidies toys on its own, so for now you build or program one.
- Which open-source builds can pick up toys?
- Stretch AI lets a Hello Robot Stretch 3 take commands like "pick up the toy and put it in the basket". OK-Robot did pick-and-drop with a Stretch in 10 real homes, on 170+ objects, with no task-specific training.
- How much does a toy-tidying build cost?
- XLeRobot's README lists a basic dual-arm build from about $660 with under 4 hours of assembly (two SO-101 arms on a mobile base). Stretch AI and OK-Robot need a Hello Robot Stretch plus a GPU workstation; those makers do not publish a hobby BOM on the same page.
From the builds below. Sources are linked on each one.
Build it yourself
Open-source builds with public code.
Buy one
We haven't found one you can buy for this yet.
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