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Berkeley Humanoid Lite

Humanoid

An open-source, sub-$5,000 humanoid robot with modular 3D-printed gearboxes and widely available components for humanoid robotics research.

Project information

Buildability
31/100Incomplete documentation
Estimated cost
Not stated
Level
Advanced
Parts
Not listed
Tools
3D printer
Licenses
MIT (opens in a new tab), hardware and software
Commercial use
Allowed

Suggested by Robotheca, created by @HybridRobotics (opens in a new tab), from github.com/HybridRobotics/berkeley-humanoid-lite (opens in a new tab), pinned to commit 984741a (opens in a new tab). You buy the parts yourself; Robotheca doesn't sell robots.

What to buy

This repository has no parts list Robotheca can read yet.

Why it scores 31

It measures the published files, not the robot · How we score

31/100

Incomplete documentation

How complete the published files are for rebuilding this robot, measured by Robotheca at commit 984741a. It isn't a rating of the robot. Counted out of 80 points and scaled to 100: the parts that don't apply to this robot are left out.

  1. 13D and CAD filesNo printable parts or CAD files.Most points to gain: Add the parts to print (STL or 3MF files). Add the CAD source (STEP, or the CAD program's own files) so people can change the design.0/20
  2. –Robot descriptionNo URDF. Not counted: the score is made of the parts that apply.Optional: add a URDF, and the robot can be seen in 3D and tried in the browser.Not counted
  3. 2Parts listNo parts list in the repository or linked.Link to your parts list, or add it to the repository (a CSV or a Markdown table) with quantities, prices and where to buy each part.0/20
  4. 3SoftwareCode in this repository, instructions to install or run it.Say which software framework it uses (ROS 2, LeRobot, Arduino…).10/15
  5. 4DocumentationREADME of 2,862 characters with 0 pictures; 0 build steps.Split the build into at least 3 steps. Show the robot and its assembly in pictures in the README.5/15
  6. –SimulationNo simulation files. Not counted: the score is made of the parts that apply.Optional: add a simulation model (MuJoCo, Gazebo, Webots or Isaac).Not counted
  7. 5LicensesHardware: MIT; software: MIT.10/10

Build it

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Guide by @HybridRobotics (README.md), under MIT.

What it can do

Written by Robotheca from the project's documents
  • Open-source humanoid robot with modular 3D-printed gearboxes, designed for research and under about $5,000 in cost.
  • Repository covers policy training, sim2sim validation, real-world deployment, motion capture and teleoperated manipulation.
  • Real robot runs the lowlevel code in source/berkeley_humanoid_lite_lowlevel/.

Works with AI

Found by Robotheca in the project's files at commit 984741a, its robot.yaml and Robotheca's notes on its documents. Never guessed; Robotheca doesn't run the code.

Software

Framework
Not stated
Languages
Python
License
MIT

Robotheca doesn't review code. Read it before running it.

How to run it

Written by Robotheca from the project's documents.

  1. 1Hardware and software setup are described in the external project documentation, which the README links to.
  2. 2Entry points for the different flows are collected in the scripts/ directory.

Software that runs on this robot

No software from Robotheca's catalogue found in this robot's files yet. Links come from its robot.yaml, its dependency files read as text, or Robotheca's editors.

The code

Free files

Every file of the project, at commit 984741a.

Community

Questions and improvements go to the creator's repository.

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