Robots & Kits

LeRobot Humanoid

Hugging Face's bipedal humanoid, released in May 2026 at roughly USD 2,500 in parts with 75 printable components. What sets it apart is not the price but the completeness: hardware, runtime, identification pipeline, training environments and a policy zoo in one release — the first bipedal humanoid you can start training on without redesigning it.

Blueprints

Blueprints · B

A USD 2,500 biped: what LeRobot Humanoid hands you, and what it does not

The first bipedal humanoid at this price that you can start training on without redesigning the structure. The value i…

LeRobot Humanoid · Robstride joint motors · CAN and CAN FD buses · 2026-09-28

Software

Software · A

LeRobot: turning "collect data, then make it move" into scripts

Apache 2.0, Python, and currently the shortest path from nothing to a moving robot on the hobbyist side. The barrier i…

LeRobot · SO-101 arm · LeRobot Humanoid · 2026-09-28

Hardware

Hardware · B

Integrated joint motors: what replaced hobby servos, and what it costs you

A brushless motor, gearbox and driver squeezed into one cylinder and chained on a single bus — the direct reason a low…

Robstride joint motors · CAN and CAN FD buses · LeRobot Humanoid · 2026-09-28

Claim Check

Claim Check · B

"Open source" — which layer is actually open?

The most common phrase on a spec sheet, and in DIY circles it is read as "I can repair it, modify it and replicate it"…

Unitree G1 · SO-101 arm · LeRobot Humanoid · Dynamixel and the ROBOTIS ecosystem · 2026-09-28

Claim Check · B

More degrees of freedom is better — the most popular claim, and the easiest to falsify

Degrees of freedom is the easiest number to compare on a spec sheet and the easiest to charge more for. It is also the…

Unitree G1 · SO-101 arm · LeRobot Humanoid · 2026-09-28