Open Roberta Lab
- Software
- Microcontrollers and firmware tools
- Tool
A web-based programming environment for robots, served by a Java server that can be run locally for building and experimenting with the lab.
Made by Open Roberta, Germany (checked on github.com/OpenRoberta (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/OpenRoberta/openroberta-lab (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit c956973 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit c956973 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Lets users program robots in a browser using block-based editing built on Blockly.
- Java server with an embedded Jetty instance, a database, and REST services for browser clients.
- Supports connecting robots over Wi-Fi or USB and compiling code for several robot platforms.
- Cross-compilers for specific robots are optional; without them, programming and simulation still work.
- Can be installed from git for development or exported to a standalone directory, and deployed with Docker.
- Frontend sources are in TypeScript under OpenRobertaWeb and built with npm.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit c956973.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- Optional cross-compiler toolchains are needed to compile for real robots.
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 12 Oct 2026 on develop
- Latest release
- ORA-5.2.32 (22 Apr 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.