# Asimov Inc > Markdown twin of https://roboterminal.app/companies/asimov-inc · https://roboterminal.app/companies/asimov-inc.md ## On shared sources - [Menlo Research](https://roboterminal.app/companies/menlo-research) (11) - [Unitree](https://roboterminal.app/companies/unitree) (2) - [Arm](https://roboterminal.app/companies/arm) (1) - [Hugging Face](https://roboterminal.app/companies/hugging-face) (1) - [Lego Group](https://roboterminal.app/companies/lego-group) (1) - [NVIDIA](https://roboterminal.app/companies/nvidia) (1) - [RoboParty](https://roboterminal.app/companies/roboparty) (1) - [ROBOTIS](https://roboterminal.app/companies/robotis) (1) - [Slant 3D](https://roboterminal.app/companies/slant-3d) (1) ## Pulse - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2112585740999958781) hey, that's the first Asimov 1 sighting in California! https://t.co/eTWBRrgQZv https://t.co/SH0PtmEmg0 - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2112583041029967948) Asimov 1 is an open-source humanoid robot. Everything that's open on Asimov 1: - Bill of materials - Mechanical CAD - Electrical schematics and PCBs - Fabrication manifest - Assembly manual - Wiring h… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2112560470691635263) We listed Asimov 1 on @ProductHunt to encourage more people to build their own humanoids! Upvotes and comments welcome 🧡 https://t.co/mUebhxQCGz https://t.co/LZ8TFwUHSo - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2112479075411660986) Anyone can build a humanoid robot. We built a G1-class humanoid, because the G1 doesn't let developers own the stack from first principles. So we made Asimov 1 and open-sourced it. Start building. The… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2112086236722839866) Presenting the all-new Asimov 1 User Manual. Everything you need to build your very own humanoid. https://t.co/PIeuEBx6CM https://t.co/30NdkE6oGK - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2111374447940886844) Asimov should be much crazier than it is now. https://t.co/PnOrC0VdHn - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2111309429715185783) This is how we zero Asimov 1, from positioning each joint to checking the calibration in Asimov Manager. We go through the full process with the robot and the app side by side, so you can follow along… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2111306843540815920) Harrison is training Asimov 1 in simulation. Can't wait to see what he does with the real one! https://t.co/qcPcfixrPm - [@VaderResearch on X](https://x.com/VaderResearch/status/2111253754884272380) Three open-source humanoids: ✸ Asimov 1 🇸🇬 | 120 cm | 35 kg ✸ RoboParty RP1 🇨🇳 | 135 cm | 39 kg ✸ ROBOTIS K1 🇰🇷 | 136.6 cm | 35 kg Built for developers, researchers, and the open-source robotics… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2110928829317554299) What we're working on - Menlo Community Talk #23 https://t.co/kqJ8pxi1Zq - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2110291733905080776) This is what you get with Asimov 1. Give it a few hours a week and you'll have a full humanoid robot you can train and change however you like. Enjoy the build, folks! https://t.co/hlOFp0L2HF - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2110213292971176304) You can line up what Asimov 1 saw with how it moved. Robot state and camera frames are both timestamped in the Menlo SDK, with raw joint and IMU data and full session recording. https://t.co/zFwVNGtaU… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2110011491433017500) Asimov 1 is a full humanoid robot with vision, audio and compute built in, ready for you to solve real-world problems with. https://t.co/MCxYRtUy7z https://t.co/Rq4vCxkFRv - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2110009751249777063) Asimov 1 has new friends 🧡 https://t.co/zKrwA7EPrV - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2110002683595858261) Menlo SDK is now open-source. - Turn your ideas into new capabilities for your Asimov 1 - Control its movements and read its state from your code - Use its camera, microphone and speaker in your appli… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2109686105968918985) We're open-sourcing Menlo SDK so you can build your own applications for a humanoid robot. The SDK connects your code to Asimov 1, letting you control its movements and read its state. With the full s… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2109661129505120610) Let's open-source more of Asimov 1 today so everyone can build on humanoids. - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2109524055049326684) Day 352 of building Asimov 1, an open-source humanoid robot. Asimov can now move its arms while walking. A step toward carrying and handling objects on the move. https://t.co/hgnEapFYwI - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2108392086181663100) What we're working on - Menlo Community Talk #22 https://t.co/JXGNQIXeRi - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2107698747950174630) Asimov 1 is the humanoid you can extend, customize and repair. It comes with open hardware & code, arms rated for 5kg each (15 kg peak), full access to every joint, and a wrist ready for your own hand… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2107673411212505355) You can start training a humanoid before you own one. Asimov 1's open-source training code gives you a foundation to train and evaluate locomotion policies in simulation. Train your own policy: https:… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2107399197872058542) Unofficial stress test. Asimov 1 locomotion policy keeps getting stronger. https://t.co/XOzf5sEJiW - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2105218341128331272) David is one of the early Asimov 1 builders. He's out to prove that anyone can build a humanoid robot at home. https://t.co/NhYvheGeHw - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2105194708830224443) Asimov 1 is the humanoid robot you can build your own solutions on. https://t.co/iLTOxHKxeS - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2105194447025922325) Dave is one of the early Asimov 1 builders. He's out to prove that anyone can build a humanoid robot at home. https://t.co/NhYvheGMx4 - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2104771261855678743) Asimov 1 is shipping to developers. - 25 DoF, 1.2 m (3.94 ft), 35 kg (77 lb) - Up to 120 Nm peak joint torque, 5 kg rated payload per arm - Train in Isaac Lab or MJLab, deploy zero-shot Open-source ac… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2104432947344609367) Anyone can train a humanoid robot. We open-sourced the full recipe for training Asimov 1's walking policy, including the training code, setup, and everything you need to run it. https://t.co/E6AX8tUEz… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2103867439885000828) What makes Asimov 1 walk is now open-source, giving you a foundation to build new capabilities on a humanoid robot. https://t.co/E6AX8tUEz0 https://t.co/OEL4NhsKDI https://t.co/cQvUOPF6To - [@Biti8888 on X](https://x.com/Biti8888/status/2103793966617448499) Open-source locomotion is one of the fastest ways to push robotics forward. @asimovinc just released the locomotion policy for Asimov 1, along with the Isaac Lab training code behind it. Developers ge… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2103323417198182531) Your next robotics project could start with these steps. Today, we're open-sourcing Asimov 1's locomotion policy and the training code behind it, giving developers a foundation to build on. Alongside … - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2102424071170674804) Introducing Asimov's squat mode. Easier to carry, easier to handle, because even the future needs to sit down. https://t.co/1ZL97jAioH - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2102401416761586035) We're open-sourcing Asimov 1's locomotion policy and training code soon 🧡 https://t.co/joyE1bk3Fx - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2102399970775269826) We'd love to run the policies you've trained for Asimov 1 on the robot during our livestreams. Would you be up for that? https://t.co/M2OkTivHLT - [@Biti8888 on X](https://x.com/Biti8888/status/2101646341747192177) Humanoid robotics is getting closer to the garage. @asimovinc 1 is a 1.2m, 35kg humanoid with 25 DoF that you can actually build yourself. $20K gets you the hardware, electronics, compute, CAD, simula… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2101228218623942731) See how to bring Asimov 1 from the ground to standing and lower it back down. https://t.co/dmaghlX9V4 - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2100244037110538732) We go live every Friday to show you what we're working on. Come see Asimov in action this week! 🧡https://t.co/lUw4trfFKP https://t.co/WK4TRenNHw https://t.co/7rv2IhsLeC - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2100128026340348249) Asimov 1 is the most developer-friendly humanoid you can buy today. Reserve your spot in the next batch. https://t.co/fd0IzZKvFM https://t.co/pCXZLUana7 https://t.co/7SZGQnuPHc - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2099776701031125349) The Asimov 1 bill of materials is available, right down to the screws. Access it here: https://t.co/8ijzKSbaoK https://t.co/vVOm7V4vjY - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2099764529190338828) You don't have to be a robotics engineer to teach a robot to walk. Someone without a technical background trained a walking policy in simulation. It ran on Asimov 1 with no additional tuning. https://… - [@Biti8888 on X](https://x.com/Biti8888/status/2099487962660483556) Asimov 1 is moving from a robot on the website to a robot in developers’ hands. Over 20 countries in just two weeks, with Batch 3 already full. That kind of early geographic spread matters. More devel… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2099441220779188466) Asimov 1 is getting into developers' hands around the world. We've shipped to over 20 countries in two weeks. Batch 3 is full. The next batch ships next month. Get yours to start building. https://t.c… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2099361398900060482) We're building Asimov at @menloresearch so two people in a garage can build a billion-dollar company. That starts with making Asimov 1 the most developer-friendly humanoid we can. Hardware and softwar… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2099211007226728769) > be us > want to build a brain for robots > start by building the brain > ship Jan, it becomes one of the most popular open-source AI projects > still no body to put it in > buy a Unitree G1 > break … - [@chris_j_paxton on X](https://x.com/chris_j_paxton/status/2099131870373958091) Zero-shot sim to real for Asimov. I do think this is an important achievement -- we often understate the degree to which having the whole international community working on Unitree G1 robots made sim … - [@Biti8888 on X](https://x.com/Biti8888/status/2098970352156090744) The real breakthrough from @asimovinc isn’t just walking. It’s zero-shot sim2real. A policy trained in simulation can now run directly on Asimov 1 without hours or weeks of hardware-specific tuning. T… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2098767448216617398) 3 things helped us achieve zero-shot sim2real on Asimov 1: - Deterministic hardware - Clean robot communication - Randomizing only what is actually uncertain. We believe these learnings can also be ap… - [@Biti8888 on X](https://x.com/Biti8888/status/2098292310337266170) A humanoid becomes much more interesting when developers can actually build with it. Asimov 1 is taking that approach, with the SDK giving developers a way to control the robot and create their own ap… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2098285671333159195) Developers need a humanoid they can build on. Here's Asimov 1. https://t.co/vEalhWkR7M https://t.co/7Rar5SnapH - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2098259493264203934) Asimov 1 is ready for the @Arm event. https://t.co/f12FUxOH6i - [@Biti8888 on X](https://x.com/Biti8888/status/2098063784501784580) Congratulations!! This is a big step for @asimovinc The SDK is now controlling the humanoid for the first time, turning the robot from a physical platform into something developers can actually build … - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2098060608092738001) This means your AI agent can control Asimov 1, a powerful 1.2-meter-tall, 35-kg humanoid robot. https://t.co/uUbJ3nSuzj - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2098060469961650589) This means your AI agent can control Asimov 1, a powerful 1.2-meter, 35-kg humanoid robot. https://t.co/uUbJ3nSuzj - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2097712454549791183) Day 349 of building Asimov, the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. Today, we got the Asimov SDK controlling the robot for the first time. https://t.co/ewC5t0A5yF - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2096248281928180182) Day 345 of building Asimov, the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. Testing full-body teleoperation, so you can control the robot with your own movements. https://t.co/iAqXuqKTpY - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2095934543094276228) Asimov 1 builders get the tools too. https://t.co/LJxNMejyTj https://t.co/7dOcOvTjTb - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2095443034884465122) People building the next robotics solutions for all of us deserve to know what they're building on. Asimov 1's bill of materials is open: - Self-sourcing all the parts costs $31K+, plus logistics - Th… - [@Biti8888 on X](https://x.com/Biti8888/status/2095411933012770970) Asimov 1 is shipping now.@asimovinc And here’s something interesting about the pricing: Build it yourself by sourcing every component, and you’re looking at around $ 31K+ before logistics. Order the c… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2095355271774388425) Asimov 1 is shipping now and you can order it. The bill of materials is open if you want to source it yourself. Self-sourcing runs about $31k in parts, plus logistics on top. Ordering through https://… - [@asimovinc on X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2095353442982330536) Asimov 1's design is simpler, so anybody can build a humanoid robot. AlexE, who designed it, walks through what changed. https://t.co/UveHL9SGz6 https://t.co/f92Qkz2Ch6 - [Asimov on X: "Asimov 1 is the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. You can build it and train it. Order yours: https://t.co/gCpgQukl1V" / X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2094996920771170378) Post Log in Sign up Post Asimov on X: "Asimov 1 is the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. You can build it and train it. Order yours: https://t.co/gCpgQukl1V" - Asimov @asimovinc 13h Anybody can … - [Asimov on X: "Asimov 1 is the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. - Easy to train (sim-to-real) - Customize and repair it (open hardware) - A foundation to build on (open-source policy) - Set up, diagnose, and update it (Asimov Manager) Built for tinkerers and builders. Order now." / X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2094798518775165357) Post Log in Sign up Post Asimov on X: "Asimov 1 is the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. \- Easy to train (sim-to-real) \- Customize and repair it (open hardware) \- A foundation to build on (op… - [Asimov on X: "Day 341 of building Asimov, the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. Improving full-body teleoperation." / X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2094779426265592077) Post Log in Sign up Post Asimov on X: "Day 341 of building Asimov, the most developer-friendly humanoid robot. Improving full-body teleoperation." - Asimov @asimovinc Day 341 of building Asimov, the m… - [The Humanoid Hub on X: "Asimov 1 has begun first shipments. The DIY kit is aimed at developers, researchers and hobbyists who want an affordable humanoid platform. Total assembly time is estimated at around 20 hours. Price: $20k." / X](https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2094472778087113164) Post Log in Sign up Post The Humanoid Hub on X: "Asimov 1 has begun first shipments. The DIY kit is aimed at developers, researchers and hobbyists who want an affordable humanoid platform. Total assem… - [Asimov on X: "Today we shipped the first Asimov 1 robots. Less than a year ago this was a few design files sketched on a napkin. Now it's on the way to 20+ countries. Thanks for being early and crazy enough to think a top-tier humanoid is something you can build yourself. Keep going." / X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2094407734058004580) Post Log in Sign up Post Asimov on X: "Today we shipped the first Asimov 1 robots. Less than a year ago this was a few design files sketched on a napkin. Now it's on the way to 20+ countries. Thanks f… - [Asimov on X: "Strength matters when you're training a humanoid to do more than walk. Rated / peak: - Bicep curl: 11 / 33 lbs - Front raise: 11 / 33 lbs - Lateral raise: 13.2 / 40 lbs - Loaded squat: 11 lbs rated What you train next is up to you." / X](https://x.com/asimovinc/status/2093693716141842466) Post Log in Sign up Post Asimov on X: "Strength matters when you're training a humanoid to do more than walk. Rated / peak: \- Bicep curl: 11 / 33 lbs \- Front raise: 11 / 33 lbs \- Lateral raise: 13.… - [Asimov on X: "The first batch of Asimov 1 ships in a few days. 3D printed parts, off the line." / X](https://x.com/chris_j_paxton/status/2092617639981957227) Post Log in Sign up Post Asimov on X: "The first batch of Asimov 1 ships in a few days. 3D printed parts, off the line." - Asimov @asimovinc The first batch of Asimov 1 ships in a few days. 3D printed… --- Source: Roboterminal · https://roboterminal.app/companies/asimov-inc.md