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MABEL, an open-source mobile two-armed robot built for about $8,000 in parts

According to a post on X by @thejerrycheng, Jerry Cheng introduced MABEL, a fully open-source mobile two-armed robot that costs about $8,000 in parts. Open Robotics reposted the introduction. The post says the robot took two weeks from parts to a tested robot. The team says it is open-sourcing the hardware, firmware, teleoperation pipeline, controllers and learning pipelines.

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According to a post on X by @thejerrycheng, Jerry Cheng introduced MABEL, a fully open-source mobile two-armed robot that costs about $8,000 in parts. Open Robotics reposted the introduction. The post says the robot took two weeks from parts to a tested robot. The team says it is open-sourcing the hardware, firmware, teleoperation pipeline, controllers and learning pipelines.

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Open Robotics reposted Jerry Cheng's introduction of MABEL, a fully open-source mobile two-armed robot that costs about $8,000 in parts and took two weeks from parts to a tested robot. The team says it is open-sourcing the hardware, firmware, teleoperation pipeline, controllers and learning pipelines. Why it...

Low-cost open hardware could let more labs and students collect data for robot learning, which is the case the source makes. Builders and researchers would get a full stack they can inspect, copy and modify. Watch whether independent groups build and test MABEL themselves.

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