RoboParty introduces the RP1: a full-stack open-source humanoid for research
From the Robots digest for 2026-10-22
What happened: Shanghai-based RoboParty has introduced the RP1 (ROBOTO 01), a full-stack open-source humanoid robot with up to 30 degrees of freedom, designed for robotics research (CNX Software, ~8:45 PM ET October 22).
What's genuinely new: Debut on the record — a new Chinese company and a new robot model whose distinguishing pitch is being open-source for research, against the record's commercial and industrial humanoid lanes. It joins the open-source strand the record keeps flagging (UCLA's ~$400-in-hardware open-source walker; the open-source platform question Intrinsic's move raised). Announced hardware, not shipped: no price, availability, license scope, autonomy-versus-teleoperation breakdown, or named deployments in the summary.
Watch: What the open-source license actually covers; price and availability; autonomy claims versus teleoperation; whether research labs adopt it as a body for their own models.
Links: CNX Software