Summary
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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What happened
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...
Why it matters
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.
Signal Intelligence
Signal Strength 95%
Technical label WATCH
Public Interest 23
Category OPEN SOURCE
Reader Depth TECHNICAL
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Public Interest components
Recognizable Entity Score 0
Practical Impact Score 0
Novelty Interest Score 48
Consequence Score 30
Curiosity Score 48
Shareability Score 37
Why this is here
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