Asimov 1
An open-source humanoid robot project developed under a 'build in public' model, with the full development process publicly disclosed. It encompasses mechanical, electrical, and software design assets, with code hosted on GitHub, and is oriented toward research in bipedal locomotion and whole-body coordination control.
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The addition of the gripper fills in a key link in Asimov 1's manipulation capability, shifting it from simple force output to fine grasping and manipulation.
The project author shared on Reddit that the team is testing brand-new grippers for Asimov 1.
Asimov 1 is built using off-the-shelf parts and is intended to be replicable by ordinary people.
The Asimov 1 project conducted gripper testing on day 363 of development, indicating that its basic locomotion and arm structure are relatively stable and that the project's focus is shifting from locomotion to manipulation.
Asimov 1's arm previously already had sufficient load capacity, but lacked an end effector and could only perform pushing or lifting motions.
Humanoid robots can be roughly divided by use into research-validation type, industrial-operation type and general-platform type, and Asimov 1 belongs to the general-platform type.
Asimov 1 is positioned as a development platform for professional users rather than a consumer-grade product.
Asimov 1 received 81 votes and 9 comments on Product Hunt.
Asimov 1's official user profile comprises three categories: founders, researchers and developers.
Asimov 1 is a humanoid robot project that gained attention on Product Hunt.
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Asimov 1 is built using off-the-shelf parts and is intended to be replicable by ordinary people.
50%UnverifiedThe Asimov 1 project conducted gripper testing on day 363 of development, indicating that its basic locomotion and arm structure are relatively stable and that the project's focus is shifting from locomotion to manipulation.
50%UnverifiedThe addition of the gripper fills in a key link in Asimov 1's manipulation capability, shifting it from simple force output to fine grasping and manipulation.
50%UnverifiedAsimov 1's arm previously already had sufficient load capacity, but lacked an end effector and could only perform pushing or lifting motions.
50%UnverifiedAsimov 1 is a humanoid robot project that gained attention on Product Hunt.
50%UnverifiedAsimov 1's official description states that the product has been purchased by founders, researchers and developers in more than 20 countries for training and modification.
50%UnverifiedAsimov 1 received 81 votes and 9 comments on Product Hunt.
50%UnverifiedHumanoid robots can be roughly divided by use into research-validation type, industrial-operation type and general-platform type, and Asimov 1 belongs to the general-platform type.
50%UnverifiedAsimov 1's official user profile comprises three categories: founders, researchers and developers.
50%UnverifiedAsimov 1 is positioned as a development platform for professional users rather than a consumer-grade product.
50%UnverifiedAfter changing the actuator dynamics, the old 97% success rate data is no longer directly comparable, and the current policy is being retrained and evaluated under a more difficult model.
50%UnverifiedDevelopers are building a whole-body recovery policy for the Asimov 1 humanoid robot, with the goal of recovering from a random supine, prone, or side-lying posture (with joint perturbations) to an upright and stable stance.
50%UnverifiedThe initial high-reward policy had three typical problems: some initial states intersect the ground (clipping), kneeling on both knees earns excessive reward, and the robot uses joint limits as support.
50%UnverifiedThe revised reward function is designed around pelvis height, torso orientation, posture, flat foot contact, motion smoothness, and avoidance of ankle joint limits.
50%UnverifiedUnder the earlier idealized actuator model, the policy successfully recovered and maintained standing in approximately 97% of randomized evaluation episodes.
50%UnverifiedMenlo Research's Emre shared the team's internal usage in the post, including replaying recorded robotic arm movements, controlling the upper body via a VR headset, and running trained policy models on the Asimov 1.
50%UnverifiedThe Menlo SDK currently supports only one piece of hardware, the Asimov 1.
50%UnverifiedAsimov 1 has chosen to make its full mechanical, electrical, and software stack public, maintaining a daily-updated development log.
50%UnverifiedAsimov 1 is an open-source humanoid robot project with code hosted in the menloresearch/asimov-1 repository on GitHub.
50%UnverifiedThe team positions swinging arms while walking as a prerequisite capability toward 'carrying and handling objects while in motion'.
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