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M5Stack · Companions

M5Stack StackChan

Available to order

In stock in M5Stack's official store with international shipping; the store warns that orders after 30 September are delayed by China's National Day holiday.

from US$99M5StackChan AI Desktop Robot

Official M5Stack store price excl. VAT, import duties and shipping.

M5Stack store

Checked: 28.09.2026Source
Made for: Home · Research & education
Where: Ships internationally from the official store

Antarum is independent: we don’t sell or ship robots and aren’t an official dealer of this brand. You buy from the manufacturer or an authorised dealer. They’re your contract partner.

Manufacturer price in the original currency, excl. VAT, shipping and import duties.

How Antarum earns money

Overview

A palm-sized, open-source desk robot with an animated face, a pan-and-tilt head, a camera and microphones. M5Stack co-created it with the Japanese maker community that started Stack-chan.

Key specs

Processor: ESP32-S3 (dual-core, 240 MHz), 16 MB flash, 8 MB PSRAM
Face: 2.0-inch IPS LCD (320 × 240)
Motion: 2 servos: 360° pan, 90° tilt
Sensing: 0.3 MP camera, dual microphones, 3-zone touch panel, 9-axis IMU
Battery: 550 mAh
Size / weight: 54 × 70.5 × 61.5 mm, 187 g
Software: UiFlow2, Arduino, PlatformIO, ESP-IDF; factory AI agent via XiaoZhi

Why it’s in

Open hardware and software: it can be reprogrammed and does not have to depend on any cloud service.
From M5Stack, an established maker of ESP32 hardware, with a large community behind the character.
A moving, expressive robot for under $100.

What bothers us

The factory AI agent runs on the XiaoZhi cloud service; check its data handling or flash your own firmware.
More a maker's desk companion than a pet: small, stationary, 550 mAh battery.
EU import costs and delivery times are not stated on the product page.