Asimov 1 is an open-source humanoid robot you can build and customize yourself. Two ways to get one: 1) Source the parts yourself: docs.menlo.ai/asimov/1/bom 2) Get the DIY kit: asimov.inc/diy-kit The kit bundles every part as a group buy, cheaper than sourcing one by one, and you build alongside others.

We're getting closer to shipment. We disassembled Asimov 1 and reworked the parts that were holding the design back. Fewer wires, redesigned head, new foot, plug and play power. youtu.be/HZLu8So4_JU

Discovery call with @asimovinc > Assembly of our v1 robot will be painful, you need electrical and mechanical engineering knowledge at least 100 of hours. Are you sure you wanna do it? > Yes! > What's wrong with you? Love honest startups founders!

Permissionless, open-source humanoids. Very cyberpunk, I love it.

Granny is awesome 🧡 Check out the showcase section in the community here: discord.gg/HzDfGN7kUw

We don't know this person. They found Asimov 1 and 3D printed their own humanoid on their own, without waiting for anyone's permission. This is permissionless progress. No doubt. This passion will carry open-source humanoids all the way to Tesla, Figure, and Unitree, sooner than anyone expects. Dare to do hard things.

What we're working on - Menlo Community Talk #8 x.com/i/broadcasts/1oKMvvElp…

We're forming Batch 1, and we do batching a little differently. We ship in groups of 10 and build a mini community around each batch. You work alongside your batch-mates, same kit at the same time, debugging the hard parts together on Discord and live streams. If you pre-ordered, you've got an email from us. Here be Dragons.

Asimov 1 is not a Unitree R1 competitor. We think they are two different animals. We built Asimov as a reference humanoid robot. It is open source, with an open BOM and full right to repair. You can mod it, customize it, improve it. We think of it as a starting point the industry builds on. Asimov is backed by what we are building at @menloresearch, a simulation environment, a platform, and the intelligence layer. You are free to build on top of all of it. Asimov 1 ships soon as a DIY kit, in batches of 10. We put you in a group that builds together on Discord, hits the same walls, and figures it out together. Your batch-mates become the people you build humanoids with. You guys know our Unitree story. What they build is very good. They are excellent at hardware and locomotion. We have not tinkered with an R1, but it is a finished product you operate, with its own trade-offs. That is a different goal from ours. We're not here to build the best robot hardware out there. Our bet is on the ecosystem. Really appreciate it if you see Asimov 1 as an open-source ecosystem anybody can have a stake in and build on. Keep going.

Asimov 1 pre-orderers, keep an eye on your inbox this week. We have good news for you.

The first Asimov 1 test parts arrived 🧡 We unboxed everything to check how it all fits together. Feels like opening the kit that lands on your doorstep. Not the final finish though. Color & texture will change.

Something just arrived 👀

The AI & Robotics community kept showing up to our Singapore events 🧡 We kept running out of seats. So the next one is 300! RSVP: luma.com/0kbtspti The stage is open too. If you're building in AI or robotics, come show us. Apply to speak: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

@asimovinc will get us open source humanoid robots soon. But a jailbroken Optimus would be a dream come true.

They literally wrote this for me...

And it has hands now

The platform for Physical AI is opening up, starting with the SDK. Program a virtual robot in the same simulation we use to train the real one. Get in early: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

The updates are paying off. Asimov v1 is walking more steadily now.

Asimov's control electronics come off in one piece now. You can bench-test a single arm without the rest of the robot. We also went full SPI-CAN for the comms layer, replacing the old mix of native CAN and SPI-CAN.

Electronics upgrade time, and we've got something new in the works too 👀