VISITOR LX-1
A programmable AI robot built for exploration, experimentation, and creation — real hardware, a purpose-built printed shell, and open-source software you own.
What VISITOR LX-1 can do
VISITOR LX-1 is a compact, Raspberry Pi-powered mobile robot designed for builders who want to explore robotics and artificial intelligence without starting from a pile of disconnected parts.
Drive it manually, communicate with it through natural language, connect your preferred AI provider, and expand its abilities as you learn. VISITOR LX-1 is both a finished robot and an open platform you can continue developing.
You are not locked into a single experience. The software is designed to be modified, extended, and connected to your own projects.
Using the included Lumalien software, VISITOR LX-1 can:
- Drive forward, backward, and turn
- Respond to natural-language movement commands
- Follow multi-step movement instructions
- Be controlled remotely from Telegram or a web interface
- Report its current status and battery information
- Connect to supported cloud AI providers
- Safely stop its motors if communication is interrupted
- Start its robot services automatically when powered on
- Serve as a foundation for custom tools, behaviors, and experiments
Built to grow with you
Its Raspberry Pi 5 gives you access to a full Linux computer inside the robot. Write your own Python applications, modify its AI tools, connect APIs, experiment with computer vision, add new sensors, create autonomous behaviors, or integrate it with your existing software.
Some advanced features may require additional software development, configuration, or hardware.
AI, your way
VISITOR LX-1 does not force you into one AI provider. Connect supported services using your own API key and choose the model that works best for your project — more control over performance, cost, privacy, and experimentation.
AI provider usage fees are not included with the robot and are billed separately by the provider you choose.
Up close
A printed shell on a purple chassis, with the camera, cooling and distance sensor mounted. These are photographs of the real robot — nothing here is a render.
What comes in the box
The VISITOR LX-1 Builders Edition includes the core components needed to assemble and operate your robot.
- Custom 3D-printed VISITOR LX-1 shell and chassis
- Raspberry Pi 5 computer
- Rechargeable battery and UPS power system
- Motor controller
- Two geared drive motors
- Wheels and support caster
- Motor battery system
- Camera hardware
- Distance sensor hardware
- Internal mounting hardware
- Required wiring and connectors
- Preconfigured Lumalien robot software
- Digital assembly and setup instructions
- Access to the open-source software repositories
Exact component brands or revisions may change based on availability, but every replacement will meet or exceed the required specifications.
More than a robot.
VISITOR LX-1 is an invitation to build — a desk companion, a mobile AI agent, a learning platform, or the starting point for something nobody has created before.
Build it. Command it. Modify it. Make it yours.