Asimov Begins Shipping Its Open-Source Humanoid - 2026-08-31 - Article - The first Asimov 1 units are leaving the lab for developers and researchers, moving the project from open-reference design into customer hardware.
Open hardware is reaching humanoids - 2026-04-27 - Article - A full hardware design, BOM, and simulation environment are now public, with a kit targeted at $15,000.
Research
Menlo SDK: Python control interface for Asimov 1 - 2026-10-09 - Research Publication - Menlo SDK is an Apache-2.0 Python interface for Asimov 1, exposing robot state, motion commands, joint trajectories and media interfaces. Version 0.1.0 is dated 9 October 2026 and checks model and Robot OS compatibility… - source: github.com
Running SONIC on Asimov - 2026-09-28 - Research Publication - Menlo benchmarks SONIC inference on Asimov’s onboard RK3588-class CPU and describes integration beside its motor-control loop. A slimmed Asimov port is tested preliminarily on a physical robot supported by a safety harness. - source: menlo.ai
How we achieved zero-shot sim2real for Asimov - 2026-08-27 - Research Publication - Menlo describes hardware, firmware and actuator-model changes enabling zero-shot locomotion transfer on physical Asimov 1 robots. The report covers flat and mildly uneven terrain across multiple units, with broader terrain… - source: menlo.ai
From walking to flipping: Porting our RL stack from locomotion to manipulation - 2026-08-05 - Research Publication - Menlo adapts its Asimov locomotion training machinery to a simulated two-arm carton flip on a moving conveyor. The method combines a privileged reinforcement-learning teacher, an adversarial motion prior and vision-student… - source: menlo.ai
Asimov open-sources v1 humanoid robot hardware and software - 2026-04-27 - Research Publication - Asimov released v1 as an open-source humanoid robot containing mechanical CAD, electrical CAD, simulation model, and onboard software. - source: github.com
Noise is all you need to bridge the sim-to-real locomotion gap - 2026-02-12 - Research Publication - Menlo describes processor-in-the-loop testing for Asimov locomotion, running production firmware against emulated sensors, CAN communications and jitter. Physical lower-body rollouts illustrate walking and recovery using… - source: menlo.ai
Teaching a humanoid to walk: The RL policy behind Asimov’s first steps - 2026-02-03 - Research Publication - Menlo explains the observation contract, asymmetric critic and reward design behind its early Asimov locomotion policy. It models staggered motor-state timing and deploys an actor using signals available on the physical… - source: menlo.ai
How we built humanoid legs from the ground up in 100 days - 2026-01-28 - Research Publication - Menlo documents the mechanical development of Asimov’s modular legs, including actuator packaging, parallel ankle design and compliant passive toes. The report distinguishes the built lower-body subsystem from planned… - source: menlo.ai