Introducing Kbot: The Affordable and Open-Source Humanoid Robot for Developers

Meet Jax, founding engineer at Kscale Labs, building open-source human robots from hardware to software to machine learning models for developers.

  • 1. Jax is a founding engineer at Kskll Apps, which builds open-source humanoid robots from hardware to software and machine learning models.
  • 2. Humanoids have been getting hype due to problems like physical labor shortages in various industries and off-world exploration.
  • 3. Kscale Labs aims to solve general-purpose robotics for everyone by open-sourcing the entire stack, benefiting more people instead of a few companies.
  • 4. The team consists of 15 people in Palo Alto, working on two robots: Kbot and Zbot.
  • 5. Kbot is a 411 humanoid robot with a full aluminum body, RL controller for local motion, and various sensors for versatile tasks.
  • 6. It will be one of the cheapest humanoid robots on the market at $9,000, ready for pre-order and delivery by October.
  • 7. Kbot is designed to be simple, easy to use, and compatible with VR headsets for controlling its movements.
  • 8. Zbot is a smaller, more affordable robot, but details were not shared in the presentation.
  • 9. Both robots will support various AI accelerators, allowing users to choose based on their requirements.
  • 10. Kskll Apps has an open-source community with public bounties and hackathons for collaboration.
  • 11. The company is hiring electrical, firmware, and ML engineers to join their team.
  • 12. Kskll Apps envisions the robots for both consumer (household tasks) and B2B use cases.

Source: AI Engineer via YouTube

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