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Petoi is a robotics company founded 2016, based in China, developing 5 robots primarily in the Education category.
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Add a deployment →Maker of futuristic robotic pets for STEM education and hobbyists, featuring open-source legged robots like Nybble and Bittle.
Petoi LLC designs and sells open-source legged robotic pets, including the cat-like Nybble and dog-like Bittle (and Bittle X), built for STEM education, hobbyists, and robotics researchers. Products use Arduino-compatible microcontrollers (Nyboard), ESP32, and Raspberry Pi, with firmware based on the OpenCat framework. Buyers include educators, students, and research labs globally. The company operates from Dongguan, China, and emphasizes hands-on robotics learning through affordable, customizable pet robots.
Company facts
- HQ
- Dongguan, China
- Founded
- 2016 · 10 yrs
- Website
- www.petoi.com
RoboScore
51.86 RoboScore + 1.54 Momentum· Adequate evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
6 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
On the company boards
- #13 of 42·Education·best robot 52.00 + depth 3.33 + news 1.54 = total 56.87
A board total ranks makers within one category. It is built from the best robot's RoboScore, a capped credit for more ranked robots, and news. It is not this company's RoboIndex above. How boards work
Milestones
Nybble Q model introduced with updated design.
Bittle X+ARM model released with enhanced capabilities.
Bittle robotic dog launched two years after Nybble.
Nybble robotic cat launched with successful crowdfunding campaign.
Founded by Rongzhong Li as the OpenCat open-source robotic pet project.
Press coverage
- Preview of the new Nybble Q from Petoi
Learn With A Robot
- Nybble by Petoi: adopt an adorable robotic pet
NotEnoughTech
- Petoi Bittle
Hackster.io
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
+1.54momentumof 15 maxPetoi's Quaddle Is a Tiny, Foldable, Smart Introduction to Microcontroller-Powered Robotics
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
Why Petoi has been in the news, across 2 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Public loss record
We read both of China’s national recall registers end to end — 2,426 notices. Four name a robot, all drones. Chinese registers are built around vehicles and household goods, so a blank record is weak evidence either way.
Active products by Petoi
5 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Nybble | Education | Top speed 0.6 m/s | $299 | 2018 | 52.5 |
| 2 |  | Bittle | Education | Top speed 0 m/s | $304 | 2020 | 52.0 |
| 3 |  | Quaddle Scout | Education | — | $269 | 2026 | 47.7 |
| 4 |  | Robotic Cat Nybble Q | Education | — | $435 | — | 46.0 |
| 5 | Bittle X | Education | — | $319 | — | 44.9 |
Education buying guides
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