The little bot
that cares.
OpenPaw is the open-source AI companion robot for everyone in your home. It rolls room to room — watching your pets, tutoring the kids, reminding Grandma about her medicine, and answering the whole family. Like ChatGPT on wheels, with eyes that care.
Fully refundable deposit · $150 balance + shipping, paid when your robot is ready to ship · Card or crypto
Why OpenPaw exists
Most smart-home tech just watches. OpenPaw shows up.
Pets spend hours alone. Kids need a patient tutor. Grandparents live far away. OpenPaw moves, it sees, it talks — and it belongs to you.
A day with OpenPaw
One robot. Every generation of the family.
From the morning patrol to bedtime stories — a few of the things OpenPaw does, drawn from real demo scenes.
Wakes the house gently
Boots up at sunrise, maps the rooms and checks on everyone — quietly, before the first alarm.
Finds your lost keys
Vision memory recalls where you set them down, then laser-points right at the cushion. “8:02, left cushion. You're welcome.”
Coaches you through dinner
Watches your chopping, warns you before the garlic burns, and walks you step-by-step through the recipe.
Tutors the kids patiently
Reads the worksheet, never just gives the answer, and remembers yesterday's mistake so it never gets you twice.
Finds the missing LEGO
Scans the brick pile, lasers the exact next piece, and shows the build as a rotating 3D model.
Plays laser chase with the cat
Autonomous play sessions and treats keep pets happy and stimulated while you're out.
Looks after grandparents
Detects a fall, checks temperature, and sends a live-video alert to your phone — then stays by her side.
Remembers the medicine
Gentle 7 PM nudges, points at the right pill compartment, and logs every dose taken.
Knows everyone by name
Recognises each face and switches voice & personality — playful for the kids, calm for Dad, warm for Nana.
Comforts an anxious dog
Plays your recorded voice, dispenses a treat, and streams live video so you know he's settled.
Talks you through repairs
Identifies the right tool, annotates the part, and animates each step — from a slipped bike chain on up.
Tells bedtime stories
Installs new skills over the air and projects a soft starfield onto the ceiling as it narrates.
Open source means imagination is the limit. Plant-watering reminders, a sign-language tutor, karaoke night — if the community can dream it, OpenPaw can learn it.
What's inside the little bot
Hardware built to roam, see, talk and care.
Omnidirectional mobility
Patrols every room, maps the house, follows the family.
Expressive display
Emotive eyes, recipe cards, homework hints, video calls.
HD camera + vision AI
Recognises faces, finds lost keys, reads worksheets, watches pets.
Mics + speaker
Real-time AI conversation — a different voice for every person.
Distance / LiDAR sensing
360° navigation, obstacle avoidance, room mapping.
Temperature / IR sensor
Wellness checks, fall response, environment monitoring.
Laser pointer
Pet play sessions and pointing out objects in the room.
OTA + skill store
The community ships new abilities straight to your robot.
Built in public since July 2025
Development progress — nothing hidden.
From a weekend replica of an open-source ball-bot to a fully custom family companion. Every generation lives in its own public repo.
Reserve your OpenPaw
Hold your place in the first batch with a fully-refundable $49 deposit. Pay the $150 balance + shipping, paid when your robot is ready to ship.
then $150 on ship
Questions
Everything you might be wondering.
A first-batch OpenPaw robot — the open-source AI companion for your whole family. Your $49 deposit holds your place in line; you pay the $150 balance plus shipping only when your unit is ready to ship.
Yes. The deposit is fully refundable any time before your robot ships. If you change your mind, email us and we'll return it — no questions asked.
Credit or debit card via Stripe, or crypto (USDC, ETH, BTC and more) via a secure hosted checkout. The balance is collected the same way when your robot is ready.
Everything — CAD, schematics, firmware and the app — is public on GitHub under permissive licenses. No subscriptions, no walled garden. You can self-host, extend it, and ship your own skills.
We're building in public. Reserving gets you on the early-access list and into the production updates, so you'll always know exactly where your robot is in the pipeline.
No. OpenPaw works out of the box for the whole family. The open-source side is there for tinkerers who want it — but it's never required.