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does anyone know if any of the robot arms being used in these videos, especially the ones that look like just an aluminium extrusion, are off-the-shelf things t
by cagenut 2y ago
does anyone know if any of the robot arms being used in these videos, especially the ones that look like just an aluminium extrusion, are off-the-shelf things that can be purchased somewhere? even if its a kit?
I would love to experiment with something like this but everytime I try to figure out what hardware to do it with there's a thousand cheap no-name options and then bam 30k+ for the pro ones.
- Geee 2y agoThey use ALOHA 2 as the platform (includes arms, frame, cameras, etc.), which is an open-source design: https://aloha-2.github.io https://aloha-2.github.io However, when I looked at the BOM I was surprised that the actual arm they use is an incredibly expensive off-the-self arm https://www.trossenrobotics.com/viperx-300 https://www.trossenrobotics.com/viperx-300 For a much cheaper option take a look at https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot (this is an AI training library/framework) which uses the SO-100 arm https://github.com/TheRobotStudio/SO-ARM100 https://github.com/TheRobotStudio/SO-ARM100 (one arm is $123). See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n32OmyoQkfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n32OmyoQkfs There's also the Parol6 arm, which is more performant than the SO-100, but more expensive: https://source-robotics.com https://source-robotics.com
- cagenut 2y agothank you!