Hugging Face, the startup best known for the AI developer platform of the same name, is selling a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects and perform a few other basic chores. Called the SO-101, the arm is the follow-up to Hugging Face’s previous robotic arm, the SO-100, released last year. The company’s robotics division, LeRobot, partnered with French robotics firm The Robot Studio to debut the SO-100 for around $100 in October. Hugging Face teamed up with The Robot Studio once again for the SO-101, as well as with robotics store WowRobo, IoT hardware supplier Seeed Studio, and robotics part seller PartaBot. Compared to the SO-100, the SO-101, which also starts at $100, is faster to assemble and features improved motors that reduce friction while allowing the arm to sustain its own weight. The camera-equipped arm can be trained via an AI technique called reinforcement learning, which allows it to “learn” to perform tasks like picking up a Lego block and placing it in a bin.

Full story : Hugging Face starts selling SO-101, a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects, for $100 to ~$500, depending on the supplier.