From DigbyLabs

Free robotics OS

Build any robot.
Run it with
LabCoat.

LabCoat is the free operating system for robots and hardware. Add your boards, map what is wired to each pin, and it generates the firmware and a control dashboard for you. A.U.S.T.I.N. is the robot we built with it.

196 sensors + power check

LabCoat writes the sensor code and tells you how long your battery lasts

ESP32 + Pi 5

Multi-board sync. Upgradeable to NVIDIA Jetson.

One-click flashing

Generated firmware in C++ & Python

Get LabCoat

See what we built

LABCOAT STARTING UP

A recording of the real app

Free

LabCoat OS

0 code

To your first working robot

Any board

ESP32, Arduino, Pi, Jetson and more

Private

Private AI on your own network using A.U.S.T.I.N.

What DigbyLabs makes

LabCoat, and the robot we built with it

LabCoat is the free software. A.U.S.T.I.N. is the robot we built on it to show what it can do.

The software

LabCoat

The free operating system for robots and hardware. Add your boards, map what is wired to each pin, and LabCoat generates the firmware and a control dashboard. Use it for the robot you are building, or anything with a board in it.

Get LabCoat

The robot

A.U.S.T.I.N.

The robot we built with LabCoat. An autonomous helper for your home, workshop and life: he knows your face, listens for your voice, sees the room and lends a hand. His thinking happens on your own network. His shell is 3D printed, so he is easy to repair and make your own.

Meet A.U.S.T.I.N.

A.U.S.T.I.N. is built on LabCoat, so the tools that run him are the same ones you use for yours. Want a hand? He can help you build in LabCoat if you would like him to.

Maker sandbox

Try a little of LabCoat right here

Poke at the board, size a battery, browse sensors. This is the small version. A free account opens up the real thing.

ESP32-WROOM-32 Pinout PREVIEW

SELECT TARGET PIN TO CONFIGURE:

austin_led.ino

ACTIVE PIN: GPIO4

Demo flash is a preview. The real flasher lives in the LabCoat desktop app.

These are 8 example pins. In LabCoat you click any pin on any board, and it checks your wiring for you.

Create Your Own Robot!

Fun robots to build with LabCoat

Each of these is a real robot you can wire up and run from LabCoat. Pick one, or bring your own idea.

Plant-Tending Robot

A small robot that watches your plants. It reads soil moisture, checks leaf health with a camera, and waters them for you.

GPIO4 + Moisture Sensor

Voice Companion Robot

A tabletop robot that listens for its wake word offline on a Pi 5 or NVIDIA Jetson, then answers back through its own speaker.

USB Mic + Speaker Amp

Pet-Feeder Robot

A feeder with eyes. It recognizes your pet's collar with its camera, dispenses a portion, and logs every meal.

GPIO26 / Servo

Expressive Face Robot

A robot face on an 8x32 LED matrix that shows animated expressions, the weather and live stats.

GPIO21 (FastLED / NeoPixel)

Built with LabCoat

Meet A.U.S.T.I.N.

Built to show what LabCoat can do. A helper for your home, workshop and life. He'll bring you the laundry. You still fold it.

Flagship companion 3D printed MODEL ID: DIGBY-AUSTIN-01

Autonomous Utility System, Tooling, Intelligence, Networking

A.U.S.T.I.N. pairs a local AI brain with a Raspberry Pi 5 nervous system (upgradeable to NVIDIA Jetson) and four ESP32 microcontrollers for real-time motor and sensor control, all run through LabCoat OS. His intelligence lives on your own network, his parts are off the shelf, and his shell is 3D printed, so if something breaks you can fix it.

What he does today

Knows your face

Greets the people who live here by name.

Listens and looks

Say "Hey A.U.S.T.I.N." and he turns to face you.

Talks back

Local language model with a warm, light personality.

Sees the room

Object detection plus vision descriptions.

Lends a hand

Two articulated arms and swappable tools on the roadmap.

Stays private

The AI brain runs on your network, not in someone's cloud.

Made to be made yours

3D printed shell

His armor is printed, so a scuffed or broken panel is a reprint, not a service call.

Off-the-shelf parts

Standard boards, motors and sensors you can buy anywhere. Nothing about him is locked away.

Yours to change

Restyle the armor, add sensors, change what each pin does. LabCoat regenerates the firmware so your changes keep working.

Specs

NERVOUS SYSTEMRaspberry Pi 5 (16GB)Upgradeable to NVIDIA Jetson

REALTIME CONTROLLERSFour ESP32s

ARMSStepper + servo, 3-finger grippers

ARMOR & CHASSIS3D printed shell

DRIVEWheeled base

POWER36V LiFePO4 pack

VOICEWake word + natural speech

SYSTEM DASHBOARDLabCoat OS

BRAIN LOCATIONYour network

Follow the build See how LabCoat builds him

Every board in his body runs on LabCoat

His head, base and both arms each have a LabCoat control page. Firmware is generated from a pin map, so the robot you see here is the same workflow you get for yours.

See what you can make

Private by design

His brain lives in your house

A.U.S.T.I.N. sees, hears and remembers things about the people he helps. That belongs to you, so it stays with you.

YOUR HOME NETWORK

A.U.S.T.I.N.

Local AI brain

LabCoat

Language, memory, faces and vision all run inside this box.

No cloud AI service.
No subscription to keep him thinking.

It runs at home

The language model, memory, face recognition and vision all run on hardware in your house.

It stays yours

Each robot's memories stay with its owner. They are never pooled with anyone else's, and never used to train anything.

LabCoat is yours too

It runs on your own computer, and your robot's files stay on it.

Help, not replace

A robot in your home has to earn your trust. Privacy is where that starts.

Features you choose to use, like web lookups, do reach the internet when asked.

Robot profiles

More robots on LabCoat

Profiles for robots LabCoat already runs, and room to add your own.

Mini Rover Mk-IV SUPPORTED

Compact 4WD planetary exploration chassis with dual optical encoders, ultrasonic obstacle dodging, and LabCoat OS wireless telemetry.

• Compute: ESP32-S3 + Camera Module

• Power: Dual 18650 Li-ion Cell Bank

• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6 / Bluetooth 5.0 Mesh

TEE4.0 SUPPORTED

2-AXIS Pan/Tilt tracking head mounted with night vision camera and speaker module for desk security sub-routines.

• Compute: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W / ESP32-CAM

• Actuators: Dual High-Torque Servo Array

• Sensor: 1080p IR Night Vision Camera

Your robot

Building something of your own? Add your boards, map what is wired to each pin, and LabCoat gives every board firmware and a control page. Add as many boards as you like.