The World’s First Factory Ready Open-Source Humanoid Robot – ryan

Hugging face is stepping into the world of humanoid robotics with reachy 2, A $ 70,000 ai-powered robot designed and built by its latest Acquisition, Pollen Robotics.

“So excited to start selling reachy 2 this week, the first open-source humanoid robot!” Hugging Face Co-Founder Clément Delangue tweeted. “It’s expensive but already in use at Cornell, Carnegie Mellon & Major Ai Labs for robotics research and education.”

While open-source robots are not new, reachy 2 is the first manufactured, commercial available, open-source humanoid robot.

“Reachy 2 is a versatile, expressive, and open robotic platform designed to explore the future of human-robot interaction, assistive robotics, and ai-driven behavior,” Hugging Face Claims. The robot has a “humanoid upper body” and includes stereo vision, microphones, a speaker, and lidar.

Each of the robotic arms has seven degrees of freedom, allowing it to move in seven independent directions, mimicing the flexibility of a human arm.

“Whether you want to build an expressive assistant, a teleoperated avatar, or a robot that learns from demonstration, reachy 2 give you the tools to make it happen,” the company said.

Reachy 2’s Launch Comes as Hugging Facean ai company and platform best known for its open-source machine learning tools, expands into robotics. In November, The Company said It was Developing Small Language Models for “Next Stage Robotics.”

Reachy 2 was developed by Pollen Robotics, A Bordeaux, France-Based Company Founded in 2016. Pollen Robotics Introduced the Original Reachy in 2020.

It runs on Robot Operating System 2 (Ros 2) and Hugging Face’s Lerobothf Framework and is accessible via a python-based software interface.

Beyond its technical specs, Delangue Clarified Who Reachy 2 is – and Isnto – Intended for.

“It’s not a consumer robot,” he said. “It’s an ai lab robot so quite different.”

On Monday, Hugging Face Announced That it had acquired pollen robotics for an undisclosed amount.

In A Separate Post on X, the Company Laid Out Its Broader Ambitions for Reachy 2 and the Future of Open-Source Robotics.

“We believe robotics could be the next interface for ai – and it should open, affordable, and hackable,” the company said. “Our vision: A future where everyone from the community can build and control their own robot companions instead of relying on closed, expensive black boxes.”

While Reachy 2 is currently Aimed at Research Institutions, Hugging Face’s Investment in Humanoid Robotics Suggests that the Machines could play a larger role in the evolution of open-source ai.

Edited by Sebastian Sinclair