Building your own robot doesn’t have to cost a fortune. The Koch v1.1 Low-Cost Robot Arm comes with everything you need to get started. It has the servos and various necessary parts. You can print the rest using a 3D printer. This robot arm uses Dynamixel XL430 and XL330 servos. It is based on Hugging Face’s LeRobot framework.
$400 robot arm. 3D printed. 1d setup.
Straight out of MIT dorm:
[open source github ⬇️]If you want to get into robotics, it has never been easier.
Hardware: https://t.co/XTizyU0vha
Software: https://t.co/4tEQBQyM0G
The video is from @yanovskyd and @youfelll! 🫶 pic.twitter.com/Y72GPOYjgj
— Ilir Aliu – eu/acc (@IlirAliu_) March 31, 2025
As the above video shows, this robot can be completed for $400. You can use LeRobot machine learning to train your robot with a simple few moves. This is based on Alexander Koch’s design.
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