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A curated, searchable map of the open humanoid ecosystem — organized as Mind (curriculum), Body (projects you can build), and Soul (communities that keep it alive).
OSH Atlas is a “Wikipedia + benchmarks” vibe for open robotics — but focused on the stuff builders actually need: learning resources, buildable projects, and living communities.
Open learning paths, courses, build guides, and “from-zero-to-robot” curricula.
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
| Resource | Level | Focus | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal2Humanoid HBRN |
Beginner | Full-stack | curriculumprojects | NAND2Tetris-style build path. |
| MIT SOUL Curriculum MIT SOUL |
Intermediate | Full-stack Robotics | curriculumguidesdemos | Structured open-learning paths (MIT course materials). UMOJA: TBD |
| ROS 2 Tutorials | Beginner | ROS / Systems | docshands-on | Core concepts + packages. |
| Underactuated Robotics Russ Tedrake |
Advanced | Controls | booklectures | Gold standard for dynamics/control. |
Open-source robots and subsystems you can actually build, mod, and replicate.
“What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
| Project | Type | Cost | Open / Docs | Capabilities | UMOJA Certified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLe Robot Rice University |
BiMoMa | < $1k |
docsrepoBOM
License: Apache-2.0
|
teleoperationmanipulationmobile | TBD |
| LeKiwi SIGRobotics (UIUC) |
MoMa | ~ $500 |
repoBOMCAD
License: Apache-2.0
|
manipulationmobile | TBD |
| Berkeley Humanoid Lite University of California Berkeley |
Humanoid | < $5k |
siteCADBOMrepo
License:CERN-OHL
|
full-bodyteleoperationmanipulationlocomotion | TBD |
| Unitree G1 Unitree |
Humanoid | $16k–$25k |
productdocs
License: proprietary
|
full-bodyteleoperationmanipulationlocomotion | TBD |
| OpenArm Enactic |
BiMa | ~$6k |
repoCADROS2
License:CERN-OHL
|
teleoperationmanipulation | TBD |
| Asimov Menlo Research |
Humanoid (Legs) | $10k-$25k |
repoCADBOM
License:CERN-OHL
|
locomotion | TBD |
[Bi] Bi-manual; [Mo] Mobile; [Ma] Manipulator. Costs are approximate. “UMOJA: TBD” = pending review/certification.
Discords, forums, meetups, and builder cultures that make the ecosystem actually move.
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
| Community | Type | Scope | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBRN | Discord | General / Open Robotics | Join → | Meetups, standards, builds. UMOJA: TBD |
| LeRobot (Hugging Face) | Discord | Learning / Datasets | Join → | Datasets, teleop, imitation learning. UMOJA: TBD |
| SIGRobotics (UIUC) | Discord | General / Low-Cost Robotics | Info → | ACM@UIUC SIG; robotics projects + community. UMOJA: TBD |
| HBRC (HomeBrew Robotics Club) | Forum + Site | General / DIY Robotics | Website → | Long-running Bay Area homebrew club. UMOJA: TBD |
| DPRG (Dallas Personal Robotics Group) | Meetup / Website | General Hobby Robotics | Website → | One of the oldest hobby robotics groups. UMOJA: TBD |
| HRG (Houston Robotics Group) | Meetup | General Hobby Robotics | Meetup → | Weekly meetings + project help. UMOJA: TBD |
| Open Source Ecology | Mailing List / Site | Hardware / Tools | Website → | Open-hardware tools + “GVCS” ecosystem. UMOJA: TBD |
| KBot / K-Scale Labs | Discord | Humanoid / Hardware Startups | Join → | K-Bot open humanoid initiative. UMOJA: TBD |
| Berkeley Humanoid Group | Discord | Humanoid | Info → | Berkeley humanoid research platform + community. UMOJA: TBD |
| Robot Learning Collective | Forum + Site | Learning / Imitation / Autonomy | Website → | Research community + resources. UMOJA: TBD |
| Menlo Research | Org / Site | Humanoid Research | Website → | Open R&D lab “building the brain for robots.” UMOJA: TBD |
To add a resource, project, or community: submit a PR with a new row in the relevant table.
Later we’ll move the tables into JSON/YAML for easier contributions — but PRs keep quality high.