Pick a sim. Grab your phone.

All phone-controlled sims

• Five-axis arm

  Arm · The sim’s own arm: a turning base, three bends and a wrist roll, over a metre of reach.

  Controllers: 3D hand, Wii remote, Trackpad, Gamepad

• SO-101

  Arm · LeRobot’s open-source arm, joint for joint: drive the twin, then connect a real one over USB.

  Controllers: 3D hand, Trackpad, Wii remote, Gamepad

• Six-axis industrial arm

  Arm · A factory arm with a spherical wrist: its forearm twists, so the tool turns any way at all.

  Controllers: 3D hand, Gamepad, Wii remote, Trackpad

• SCARA

  Arm · Swings flat and drops its quill: quick, stiff pick and place from above, the tool always pointing down.

  Controllers: Wii remote, Gamepad, 3D hand, Trackpad

• Delta

  Arm · Three arms overhead carry a level gripper: the fastest kind of picker, working the dome under its motors.

  Controllers: Wii remote, 3D hand, Gamepad, Trackpad

• Desk arm

  Arm · A four-axis arm like the ones on desks and in classrooms: a parallelogram keeps its gripper pointing down.

  Controllers: Wii remote, Trackpad, 3D hand, Gamepad

• Robot dog

  Robot · Trot around the yard, chase your ball and sit for a well-earned rest.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Rover

  Vehicle · Drive a little rover round the yard and knock the cones about.

  Controllers: Steering wheel, Gamepad, Trackpad, Wii remote

• Boat

  Vehicle · Thread the harbour buoys, leave a wake, and come alongside the dock.

  Controllers: Steering wheel, Gamepad, Trackpad

• Tank

  Vehicle · Turn the turret with gyro Aim and knock down targets with soft practice balls.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Kart track

  Vehicle · Drift around a bank of bends and race your friends through every checkpoint.

  Controllers: Steering wheel, Gamepad

• Submarine

  Vehicle · Trim your ballast, explore the seabed and ping the wrecks with sonar.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Drone

  Flyer · Take off, fly through the rings, land back on your pad.

  Controllers: Gamepad, 3D hand, Trackpad

• RC plane

  Flyer · Take a gentle trainer off the runway, bank through the rings and glide home.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Helicopter

  Flyer · Lift into a steady hover, thread the training rings and settle onto your pad.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Smart lamps

  Home · Four lamps in a room at dusk: colour and dim yours, or type what you want.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Air mouse, Keyboard

• Robot vacuum

  Home · Clean the dust between the furniture, then send the robot back to charge.

  Controllers: Wii remote, Trackpad

• Smart home room

  Home · Share a furnished room: open the blinds, spin the fan, tune the TV and set the temperature.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Air mouse

• Jib crane

  Camera · Swing and boom a camera over a small stage, then pan and tilt its levelled head to frame a take.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Camera slider

  Camera · Set travel, pan and tilt from your phone, save keyframes and play a smooth shot of the subject.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Gamepad

• PTZ camera

  Camera · Point your phone and the camera looks there. Zoom in and catch the train.

  Controllers: Wii remote, Trackpad, Gamepad

• Stage spotlights

  Show · Point a moving head across the stage. Mix colours and patterned beams in the haze.

  Controllers: Wii remote, Trackpad

• Light painter

  Toy · Move a light through a dark studio and leave long-exposure ribbons hanging in the air.

  Controllers: 3D hand, Air mouse, Trackpad

• Camera gimbal

  Camera · Hold a camera steady or roll it through a shot: its three axes follow your phone one for one.

  Controllers: Trackpad, 3D hand

• Marble run

  Game · Build a channel across the board, then tilt your phone to race a marble to the finish.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Gamepad

• Table football

  Game · Slide the rods, spin to kick and play doubles on one shared table.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Marble maze

  Game · Tilt your phone to roll a glass marble through the maze, round the holes.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Gamepad

• Claw machine

  Game · Point over a prize, drop the claw, and hope it holds on.

  Controllers: Wii remote, Gamepad, Trackpad, 3D hand

• Slot cars

  Game · Squeeze one trigger, coast into the bends and see how fast you can keep your car in its lane.

  Controllers: Steering wheel, Gamepad, Trackpad

• Air hockey

  Game · Slide a mallet from your phone and send the puck into the other player’s goal.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Air mouse

• Pinball

  Game · Pull the plunger, work both flippers and nudge a steel ball through a field of bumpers.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Faction arena

  Game · Four players, a phone each: tilt to roll, tap to dash, knock the others off the ring.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Gamepad

• Excavator

  Machine · Work the two sticks, scoop the sand pile and swing a full bucket over the truck.

  Controllers: Gamepad, 3D hand

• Forklift

  Machine · Pick up the pallets, carry them through the warehouse and stack them on the racks.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Sorting cell

  Robot · Match each conveyor part to a colour bin and send it through with the pusher.

  Controllers: Wii remote, Trackpad, Gamepad

• Music studio

  Music · Eight phones. One room. Find a rhythm together.

  Controllers: Drums, Tone keys

• Trebuchet

  Science · Tune the counterweight and release angle, launch down the range and follow the arc to the targets.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Gamepad

• Pendulum lab

  Science · Change length and damping, flick your phone to push a pendulum and compare its live trace.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Gamepad

• Telescope mount

  Science · Point into a named star field, zoom through the eyepiece and log each object you find.

  Controllers: Wii remote, Trackpad, Gamepad

• Planetary rover

  Science · Explore a dusty low-gravity crater, work the sampling arm and scout through the mast camera.

  Controllers: Gamepad, Trackpad

• Shared 3D scene

  Scene · A model everyone holds a part of, each in their own colour.

  Controllers: Trackpad, Wii remote, 3D hand, Gamepad