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Asimov 1 launches open humanoid kit
Menlo Research’s Asimov 1 is a 1.2-meter, 35-kilogram humanoid robot sold as a customizable $20,000 DIY kit. Its open mechanical and electrical designs, simulation model, onboard software, and 25 powered joints target researchers and developers building real-world robotics systems. [Official site](https://menlo.ai/asimov-1) [GitHub](https://github.com/menloresearch/asimov-1)
// ANALYSIS
Asimov 1’s strongest pitch is ownership: developers can inspect, repair, retrain, and reshape the entire robot instead of treating hardware as a sealed appliance.
- –Open CAD, electronics, simulation, and software make it unusually accessible for robotics research.
- –Sim-to-real support lets teams develop policies in simulation before deploying them on physical hardware.
- –Raspberry Pi 5 and Radxa CM5 compute keep the platform familiar to AI and edge developers.
- –The $20,000 price is substantial, and assembly still requires serious mechanical and electrical work.
- –Running custom agents on a repairable humanoid could give smaller teams a practical path into embodied AI.
// TAGS
asimov-1roboticsopen-sourceagentedge-aidevtool
DISCOVERED
1h ago
2026-10-20
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2026-10-20
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