Tonybot vs. TonyPi Pro humanoid robots: how to choose — an ESP32 entry platform compared with a Raspberry Pi vision platform

Hiwonder's Tonybot and TonyPi Pro are two humanoid robot platforms aimed at AI learning. The former is based on ESP32 with 17 degrees of freedom, focusing on low-barrier entry via Scratch/Arduino/Python and on servo and sensor teaching; the latter is based on Raspberry Pi 4B or 5 with 20 degrees of freedom, equipped with a 2-DOF head vision gimbal and openable claws, and is aimed at OpenCV and MediaPipe vision and embodied scenario demonstrations.