Meet Asimov

Asimov v1 An open-source DIY humanoid kit you can build at home. Price goal $15,000, available to pre-order for a refundable $499 - 1.2m (3'11"), 35kg (77 lb), 25+2 DOF - Ships this summer with the full BOM, CAD files, sim environment, and a pre-trained walking policy, all on GitHub - 50–100 hours to assemble

The Humanoid Hub

@TheHumanoidHub

Humanoids are getting their first true kit. @asimovinc V1 is a 1.2 meter, 35 kilogram biped with 25 actuated joints, full mechanical and simulation files on GitHub, and a DIY kit targeting a 15,000 dollar build cost. Most fleets are locked inside proprietary programs; Asimov is handing the hardware to anyone willing to build, train, and experiment.

Robotico

@roboticomarket

Initiatives like this are key to robot adoption at scale. Humanoid or not — the hardware that has the most user input is the one that will be best. That means inevitably, open source design will win. Just like what Meta did with the Open Compute Project.

Saman Farid

@samanfarid

We are in 1st half of 2026 and we can now preorder diy-kit of robot and train it or build around it just insane ⁉️

Ansh Bharti

@BhartiAnsh2007

The ankle inversion/eversion is done in a really unique way — this is interesting.

Shigekazu Ishihara

@shigekzishihara

Asimov v1 An open-source DIY humanoid kit you can build at home. Price goal $15,000, available to pre-order for a refundable $499 - 1.2m (3'11"), 35kg (77 lb), 25+2 DOF - Ships this summer with the full BOM, CAD files, sim environment, and a pre-trained walking policy, all on GitHub - 50–100 hours to assemble

The Humanoid Hub

@TheHumanoidHub

Humanoids are getting their first true kit. @asimovinc V1 is a 1.2 meter, 35 kilogram biped with 25 actuated joints, full mechanical and simulation files on GitHub, and a DIY kit targeting a 15,000 dollar build cost. Most fleets are locked inside proprietary programs; Asimov is handing the hardware to anyone willing to build, train, and experiment.

Robotico

@roboticomarket

Initiatives like this are key to robot adoption at scale. Humanoid or not — the hardware that has the most user input is the one that will be best. That means inevitably, open source design will win. Just like what Meta did with the Open Compute Project.

Saman Farid

@samanfarid

We are in 1st half of 2026 and we can now preorder diy-kit of robot and train it or build around it just insane ⁉️

Ansh Bharti

@BhartiAnsh2007

The ankle inversion/eversion is done in a really unique way — this is interesting.

Shigekazu Ishihara

@shigekzishihara

Asimov v1 just got open-sourced. A 1.2m, 35kg humanoid with 25 DoF, full CAD, MuJoCo sim model, locomotion stack, and a $15k DIY kit. This might be the DeepSeek moment for humanoid robotics - and almost no one is talking about why it actually matters. 🧵

KubaS

@kubasienki

Seven months in and its a real, walking humanoid with head and arms

Chris Paxton

@chris_j_paxton

asimov v1 is a signal shift in robotics. not a demo robot. a reference humanoid you can actually build. • open-source humanoid platform → full mechanical + simulation stack released • 1.2m biped robot → ~35kg, 25+ degrees of freedom • DIY or self-source → BOM + CAD + simulation available • real hardware stack → aluminum structure, modular actuators, ROS2-based control • simulation included → MuJoCo model for training and testing before hardware

Mustafa

@oprydai

May the 4th be with you - Happy Star Wars day! What if your robot could look like anything?

Grafto

@graftoverflow

And it has hands now

Chris Paxton

@chris_j_paxton

Asimov v1 just got open-sourced. A 1.2m, 35kg humanoid with 25 DoF, full CAD, MuJoCo sim model, locomotion stack, and a $15k DIY kit. This might be the DeepSeek moment for humanoid robotics - and almost no one is talking about why it actually matters. 🧵

KubaS

@kubasienki

Seven months in and its a real, walking humanoid with head and arms

Chris Paxton

@chris_j_paxton

asimov v1 is a signal shift in robotics. not a demo robot. a reference humanoid you can actually build. • open-source humanoid platform → full mechanical + simulation stack released • 1.2m biped robot → ~35kg, 25+ degrees of freedom • DIY or self-source → BOM + CAD + simulation available • real hardware stack → aluminum structure, modular actuators, ROS2-based control • simulation included → MuJoCo model for training and testing before hardware

Mustafa

@oprydai

May the 4th be with you - Happy Star Wars day! What if your robot could look like anything?

Grafto

@graftoverflow

And it has hands now

Chris Paxton

@chris_j_paxton