3D-printable humanoid legs let robotics experiments run wild
Hugging Face has released LeRobot Humanoid, a set of 3D-printable humanoid robot legs, to make robotics research more accessible and affordable. This open-source project provides researchers with inexpensive hardware to test and train AI-powered robotics software in both physical and simulated environments. The initiative aims to democratize robotics development and mitigate the dominance of large corporations in the industry. The company plans to expand the project with an upper body and more advanced behaviors. Hugging Face previously released a 3D-printable robotic arm and the Reachy Mini robot.
Hugging Face has launched LeRobot Humanoid, an open-source project providing researchers with 3D-printable humanoid robot legs. This initiative aims to make robotics research more accessible and affordable, allowing for easier testing and training of AI-powered robotics software in physical bodies during real-world experiments. The project provides a bill of materials, 3D-printable files, wiring documentation, assembly instructions, and software tools for calibration and control in both physical and simulated environments.
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