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RoboParty RP1 (ROBOTO 01)
Full-stack open-source humanoid robot unveiled at IROS 2026 with Romomo actuators, PartyOS software, 160 N·m peak joint torque, and a public 'Kick Me' disturbance-recovery demo.
Why it matters
An open hardware + control + RL-training stack (PartyOS, UFO framework) aimed at reproducible embodied-AI research, with broader open releases and mass production planned for Q4.
What you could build with it
A university robotics lab could build its locomotion research on RP1's open hardware, Romomo actuator specs, and the UFO unsupervised-RL framework, replacing expensive closed humanoid platforms for disturbance-recovery and whole-body control experiments.
Does it hold up?
Partially proven: the RP1 unit survived public kicks and pushes at IROS, and the underlying RPO stack has 2,551 GitHub stars with real hardware CAD and ROS2 code, but the promised full RP1 open-source release has not landed yet.
Built with RoboParty RP1
- RoboParty Unveils RP1, a High-Performance Full-Stack Open-Source Humanoid Robot at IROSohsem.me · Independent media writeup of the IROS 2026 debut, covering the public 'Kick Me' disturbance-recovery demo, 160 N·m peak joint torque, and the 5,000-developer community.
- World's first full-stack humanoid robot open-sourced for developersInteresting Engineering · Independent editorial on RoboParty's open-source humanoid journey from founder Yi Huang's $2,300 dorm-built AlexBot to ROBOTO ORIGIN's full-stack release, the predecessor RP1 builds on.
- Roboparty/roboto_origingithub · 2,551 ★ · RoboParty's official full-stack open-source humanoid stack (RPO/ROBOTO ORIGIN) that RP1 builds on: hardware CAD, ROS2 deployment framework, RL training environments, and firmware. RP1-specific releases are promised for later in Q4.
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