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Berkeley Humanoid Lite – Open-source robot

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282 points ratsbane | 1 comments | 26 Apr 25 01:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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RetroTechie ◴[26 Apr 25 10:56 UTC] No.43802515[source]▶
As much as I like the concept, 3D printing everything is not the way to lower cost.

Mass-produced (stamped / extruded / whatever) mechanical parts + hackable 'brains' is.

Robots do lend themselves well w/ respect to that last part. Worst case is rip out its control electronics wholesale & replace with your own motor drivers etc.

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1. imtringued ◴[28 Apr 25 10:37 UTC] No.43819717[source]▶
As weird as it sounds, but carbon fiber is the most accessible material for making a DIY robot. Anything that uses metal requires expensive machinery. Carbon fiber is labor intensive (i.e. bad for mass manufacturing), but doesn't need much equipment beyond a curing oven for the epoxy (around $2000) for state of the art results.