Asimov 1 is a humanoid robot you can build a company on. Train it and shape it for whatever you're building. Bought by founders, researchers and developers in 20+ countries.
Hi Product Hunt, Emre from Menlo Research. Asimov 1 is an open-source humanoid robot that you can build a company on. It's the most customizable humanoid robot.
Asimov started with a Unitree G1. We bought one because we wanted to train our own policies on it. Then a small part broke during testing. The robot was closed source, so we couldn't fix it ourselves. We waited about 2 months for a replacement. Shared the full story here.
That's when we decided to build our own. A humanoid where the design is public, every part can be sourced, and the owner decides what it becomes. We started with the legs and released them in January. The full humanoid followed in April. We shared the build in public the whole way.
When we opened pre-orders, we hit the minimum order for production in 9 hours. Shipped the first batch to customers in more than 20 countries!
Asimov 1 is now the foundation of our own enterprise deployments. Founders buy it to learn robotics and to start their company on a robot they fully own. Researchers and developers use it to train and test their own work.
It's 1.2 m tall, has 25 powered joints and ships with a base walking policy. It comes as a kit you assemble in about a week at a few hours a day. It's $20,000, delivered to your door.
This is pretty appealing. Curious how easy it is to train it for new tasks.
The effort the team has put into this is genuinely impressive. Love the open-source approach and the vision behind it. Excited to see where this goes. Congrats on the launch!
Waiting two months for one replacement part is a pretty clear reason to build differently. Public designs and parts people can source themselves make the ownership story much more concrete.
About Asimov 1 on Product Hunt
“The most customizable humanoid robot you can buy”
Asimov 1 launched on Product Hunt on October 20th, 2026 and earned 110 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #8 on the daily leaderboard. Asimov 1 is a humanoid robot you can build a company on. Train it and shape it for whatever you're building. Bought by founders, researchers and developers in 20+ countries.
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Emre Can Kartal
Hi Product Hunt, Emre from Menlo Research. Asimov 1 is an open-source humanoid robot that you can build a company on. It's the most customizable humanoid robot.
Asimov started with a Unitree G1. We bought one because we wanted to train our own policies on it. Then a small part broke during testing. The robot was closed source, so we couldn't fix it ourselves. We waited about 2 months for a replacement. Shared the full story here.
That's when we decided to build our own. A humanoid where the design is public, every part can be sourced, and the owner decides what it becomes. We started with the legs and released them in January. The full humanoid followed in April. We shared the build in public the whole way.
When we opened pre-orders, we hit the minimum order for production in 9 hours. Shipped the first batch to customers in more than 20 countries!
Asimov 1 is now the foundation of our own enterprise deployments. Founders buy it to learn robotics and to start their company on a robot they fully own. Researchers and developers use it to train and test their own work.
It's 1.2 m tall, has 25 powered joints and ships with a base walking policy. It comes as a kit you assemble in about a week at a few hours a day. It's $20,000, delivered to your door.
Order: https://menlo.ai/asimov-1
Build: https://docs.menlo.ai/
What would you build with it?