Hugging Face, the startup greatest identified for the AI developer platform of the identical identify, is promoting a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that may choose up and place objects and carry out a number of different primary chores.
Referred to as the SO-101, the arm is the follow-up to Hugging Face’s earlier robotic arm, the SO-100, launched final 12 months. The corporate’s robotics division, LeRobot, partnered with French robotics agency The Robotic Studio to debut the SO-100 for round $100 in October.
Hugging Face teamed up with The Robotic Studio as soon as once more for the SO-101, in addition to with robotics retailer Wowrobo, IoT {hardware} provider Seeedstudio, and robotics half vendor Partabot.
In comparison with the SO-100, the SO-101, which additionally begins at $100, is quicker to assemble and options improved motors that cut back friction whereas permitting the arm to maintain its personal weight. The camera-equipped arm could be educated by way of an AI approach known as reinforcement studying, which permits it to “study” to carry out duties like choosing up a Lego block and putting it in a bin.
Tremendous excited to introduce SO-101 in the present day from @huggingface, in collaboration with @therobotstudio, Wowrobo, Seeedstudio & Partabot.
Constructing on prime of the insanely profitable SO-100 (the most well-liked robotic arms ever?), SO-101 are the primary robotic arms any AI builder should purchase.… pic.twitter.com/Y3IHskmiGb
— clem 🤗 (@ClementDelangue) April 28, 2025
$100 is the bottom value for the SO-101, to be clear. Because of premiums on absolutely assembled models and U.S. tariffs on Chinese language imports, costs vary from $100 to round $500, relying on the provider.
Hugging Face is enormously increasing its robotics efforts, not too long ago buying Pollen Robotics, a robotics startup based mostly in France, for an undisclosed quantity. Led by former Tesla Optimus engineer Remi Cadene, Hugging Face’s robotics wing plans to promote Pollen’s humanoid robotic, Reachy 2, and let builders obtain and counsel enhancements to its code.
