K-Scale Labs alternatives

Open-source humanoid robot maker — K-Scale OS (Kos), Stompy and KBot humanoids. YC W24. Pitched as the 'open-source humanoid' alternative to Figure / Tesla — full hardware + software OSS. Full K-Scale Labs record →

  1. 1 Hugging Face LeRobot Robotics foundation models & agent stacks

    also in Robotics foundation models & agent stacks · same storage (weight) · same retrieval (parametric-recall) · same conflict handling (training-time) · same memory unit (trajectory) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 29k released 2026-08-03 Apache-2.0 Compare with K-Scale Labs →

  2. 2 Physical Intelligence (π) Robotics foundation models & agent stacks

    also in Robotics foundation models & agent stacks · same storage (weight) · same retrieval (parametric-recall) · same conflict handling (training-time) · same memory unit (trajectory) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 14k released 2026-04-16 OpenPI Apache 2.0 (Feb 2025 release of weights) Compare with K-Scale Labs →

  3. 3 NVIDIA GR00T / Isaac Robotics foundation models & agent stacks

    also in Robotics foundation models & agent stacks · same storage (weight) · same retrieval (parametric-recall) · same conflict handling (training-time) · same memory unit (trajectory) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 8.3k released 2026-04-21 Apache-2.0 code; model weights NVIDIA Open… Compare with K-Scale Labs →

  4. 4 OpenMind OM1 Robotics foundation models & agent stacks

    also in Robotics foundation models & agent stacks · same storage (weight) · same retrieval (parametric-recall) · same conflict handling (training-time) · same memory unit (trajectory) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 3.0k MIT Compare with K-Scale Labs →

  5. 5 Toyota Research Institute LBM Robotics foundation models & agent stacks

    also in Robotics foundation models & agent stacks · same storage (weight) · same retrieval (parametric-recall) · same conflict handling (training-time) · same memory unit (trajectory) · also open source

    OSS ✓ Self-host — Managed — MCP ? ★ 125 released 2025-07-07 Some research code OSS (BSD / MIT) Compare with K-Scale Labs →

  6. 6 Covariant Robotics foundation models & agent stacks

    also in Robotics foundation models & agent stacks · same storage (weight) · same retrieval (parametric-recall) · same conflict handling (training-time) · same memory unit (trajectory) · also self-hostable

    OSS ? Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with K-Scale Labs →

  7. 7 Figure AI Robotics foundation models & agent stacks

    also in Robotics foundation models & agent stacks · same storage (weight) · same retrieval (parametric-recall) · same conflict handling (training-time) · same memory unit (trajectory)

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed — MCP ? released 2026-09-17 Compare with K-Scale Labs →

  8. 8 Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics Robotics foundation models & agent stacks

    also in Robotics foundation models & agent stacks · same storage (weight) · same retrieval (parametric-recall) · same conflict handling (training-time) · same memory unit (trajectory)

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with K-Scale Labs →

Ranked by shared memory design (storage, retrieval, conflict handling, memory unit), same section and shared must-haves (open source, self-hosting, MCP), with adoption as a tie-breaker. ✓ confirmed · — no · ? not in the catalog yet. Want picks for your own requirements? Use the chooser. Checking a whole project? Check your stack.