This is the ToddlerBot: a $6k open source humanoid robot for AI research. It has 30 active degrees of freedom, including 7 DoFs per arm and 6 DoFs per leg. It can lift just under 1.5kg while maintaining its balance. These robots can also integrate with OpenAI’s real-time API for speech to text and text to speech conversations.
These robots are capable of omnidirectional walking and bimanual manipulation with RL and training via demonstration. This robot comes with two fisheye cameras, a speaker, and two microphones.
[HT: Haochen Shi, Weizhuo Wang, Shuran Song, C. Karen Liu]