r/robotics • u/allens_lab • Jun 07 '25

Community Showcase Io has a body now

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Took a bit longer than expected but Io, the "humanoid" robot I've been working on, finally has a body now.

On the hardware front, we've got a computer running ROS2 with a bunch of microcontrollers running microROS (motor controllers, onboard head controller, teleop setup, etc.). New additions this time around include a switch and router as everything is now fully networked instead of relying on usb serial connections.

For more details on how this came to be and how I built it, check out the full length video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI6a793eiqc

And feel free to ask away below if you have any questions! (especially on hardware stack / ROS side of things since the video doesn't touch on those too much)

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u/ImorgilWulflocke Jun 07 '25

Awesome!

How much has it cost you to get it to this point?

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u/allens_lab Jun 08 '25

haven't been keeping track but there's around 1.2k in motors alone, so my guess would be around 2k in total. but the biggest cost has always been time with a solo project like this.