Vibe Robotics is taking a contrarian approach to humanoid robotics: instead of maximizing performance, they are optimizing for accessibility and scale. Their core thesis is that the bottleneck for general-purpose humanoids is not better hardware, but large-scale real-world data - something that can only be achieved through widespread deployment. By building ultra-low-cost humanoids ($1K-$2K range) using 3D-printed structures and commodity actuators, Vibe targets universities, research labs, and developers rather than enterprise customers. This enables hundreds to thousands of robots to be deployed early, forming a distributed data flywheel across diverse real-world environments. The bet is that scale of deployment - not peak hardware capability - will ultimately define the winning humanoid platform, similar to how personal computers outpaced mainframes through accessibility.
Official / Source Notes
- Vibe Robotics official site: https://www.viberobotics.co/
- humanoids.fyi model image and product record are used as structured supply-chain seed data.
Normalized Specs
| 制造商 | Vibe Robotics |
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| 国家/地区 | US |
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| 产品阶段 | Prototype |
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| 发布时间 | Feb 2026 |
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| 目标应用 | Education, Research, Developer Platform |
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| 身高 | 61 cm |
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| 重量 | ~3 kg |
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| 整机自由度 | 25 |
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| 最大速度 | 0.15 m/s |
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| 续航 | 2 hrs |
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| 负载 | Single-arm 1kg, Dual-arm: 2 kg |
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| 末端执行器 | Servo-actuator gripper |
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| 电机/执行器 | Low-cost embedded servo actuators |
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| 结构材料 | 3D-printed polymer (ABS) + metal components |
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| 计算平台 | NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 8GB |
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| 外部传感器 | Intel RealSense D435i |
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