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Hugging Face , the startup best know for the AI developer platform of the same name , is selling a programmable , 3D - printable robotic subdivision that can pick up and seat objects and execute a few other basic chores .
Called theSO-101 , the sleeve is the follow - up to Hugging Face ’s previous robotic arm , the SO-100 , let go last twelvemonth . The company ’s robotics division , LeRobot , partnered with French robotics house The Robot Studio to debut the SO-100 for around $ 100 in October .
Hugging Face teamed up with The Robot Studio once again for the SO-101 , as well as with robotics memory board WowRobo , IoT ironware supplier Seeed Studio , and robotics part marketer PartaBot .
liken to the SO-100 , the SO-101 , which also starts at $ 100 , is faster to assemble and feature improved motor that reduce friction while allow the sleeve to sustain its own weight . The camera - equip arm can be trained via an AI technique call reinforcement learning , which permit it to “ learn ” to perform labor like picking up a Lego block and placing it in a bank identification number .
Super excited to enter SO-101 today from@huggingface , in collaboration with@therobotstudio , Wowrobo , Seeedstudio & Partabot .
build on top of the insanely successful SO-100 ( the most popular automaton blazon ever ? ) , SO-101 are the first robot weapon system any AI detergent builder should buy.…pic.twitter.com/Y3IHskmiGb
— clem 🤗 ( @ClementDelangue)April 28 , 2025
To be clear , $ 100 is the base price for the SO-101 . Thanks to premiums on to the full assembled units and U.S. duty on Chinese significance , price graze from $ 100 to around $ 500 , depending on the provider .
Hugging Face is greatly expanding its robotics elbow grease , recently acquiringPollen Robotics , a robotics inauguration based in France , for an undisclosed amount . Led by former Tesla Optimus engineer Remi Cadene , Hugging Face ’s robotics wing plan to sell Pollen ’s humanoid automaton , Reachy 2 , and let developers download and suggest advance to its code .
