Overview
Highlights
AhaRobot leads a new direction in robotics research with its cost-effective design. With just $1,000-2,000 in hardware, it achieves flexible autonomous control capabilities, which is only 1/15 of the price of mainstream commercial solutions. This design not only enables more researchers to participate in embodied AI research but also lays the foundation for the popularization of future home service robots.
As shown in the figure, AhaRobot consists of three core components: (1) Low-Cost Hardware: primarily composed of off-the-shelf components, including dual-arm system, mobile base, vision system, and computing unit, with a total of only $1,000-2,000; (2) Dual-Joint Control Method: an optimized control solution that integrates dual-motor backlash control and static friction compensation to significantly enhance operational precision; (3) RoboPilot Teleoperation: a simple remote teleoperation method using handles to control the dual arms and pedals for whole-body movement, making it low-burden and easy to operate, much like piloting.
Comparison of Different Robotic Platform
| Robot Platform | Cost | Dual Arm | Mobile Base | Reach Floor | Hardware Open-Source | DoF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Aloha [9] | $32,000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 16 |
| Hello Robot [19] | $24,950 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 7 |
| DROID [20] | ≈ $27,000 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 8 |
| AgileX COBOT | ≈ $30,000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 16 |
| Reachy | ≈ $75,000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 19 |
| TIAGo | > $200,000 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 11 |
| AhaRobot | $1,000-2,000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 16 |
The price of $1000 does not include computing resources, while $2000 version is for the Mini-ITX computer with an RTX4060 GPU.
