Asimov

Asimov v1 is the affordable open-source bipedal humanoid from Menlo Research — positioned as "bipedal robotics for the rest of us" (eweek.com). The 1.2 m / 35 kg platform ships as a DIY kit at ~$15,000 — close to the project's bill-of-materials cost.

Key hardware: 25 actuated DoF + 2 passive toe joints; novel parallel Revolute-Spherical-Universal (RSU) ankle mechanism for roll + pitch; arms rated 15 kg flexion / 18 kg lateral; 2 MP monocular camera + quad-mic array + IMUs. Compute is split: Raspberry Pi 5 for media + networking, Radxa CM5 for motion control. Most structural components are optimised for Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing — no expensive CNC. Menlo open-sourced the CAD + simulation files; official DIY kit shipments begin late summer 2026.