Open-source robot · Apache-2.0

SO-101 robot arm

Six-axis desk robot arm made for teaching robots new skills. Its project publishes: printable parts, STEP files, parts list, assembly guide, and LeRobot software.

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The SO-101 follower arm, photographed by its project.
Photo from TheRobotStudio/SO-ARM100, cropped and resized by Infinomni (Apache-2.0, notice).

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Pose the arm or try a wave.

The real arm is usually driven by a second, hand-held leader arm, or by a policy trained on recorded demonstrations (LeRobot). Here there is no leader arm, no camera and no policy: it goes where its sliders put it.

Bring into room

Opens the arm in the playground, free and with no account. About 18 MB of model files download from jsDelivr.

Free print kit

23 printed pieces for one build, from 19 STL files (the extra files are alternatives and fit gauges). The files are the project’s own, unmodified and at their upstream paths, from TheRobotStudio/SO-ARM100 at 7629d2ad (The Robot Studio). The zip adds the licence, a NOTICE crediting the project, a README and SHA-256 sums.

Download so-101-print-kit.zip

2.2 MB · free, no account.

Parts list

This source inventory is frozen. Reviewed purchase links can be updated without changing the parts or quantities recorded here. The list is incomplete and does not verify printed fit, wiring, or physical operation.

One 7.4V C001 follower arm

PartQuantity
STS3215 Servo 7.4V, 1/345 gear (C001)6
Motor Control Board1
USB-C Cable 2 pcs2
Power Supply1
Table Clamp 2pcs2
Screwdriver Set1 kit

As the project lists it in README.md, captured 2026-10-03. See this list with reviewed buying links.

Follower and mixed-ratio leader arms

PartQuantity
STS3215 Servo 7.4V, 1/345 gear (C001)7
STS3215 Servo 7.4V, 1/191 gear (C044)2
STS3215 Servo 7.4V, 1/147 gear (C046)3
Motor Control Board2
USB-C Cable 2 pcs2
Power Supply2
Table Clamp 4pcs4
Screwdriver Set1 kit

As the project lists it in README.md, captured 2026-10-03. See this list with reviewed buying links.

Credits and licence

SO-101 by The Robot Studio; its simulation model by the MuJoCo Menagerie contributors. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0. The project’s files: TheRobotStudio/SO-ARM100.

The model in the simulator

MuJoCo Menagerie’s SO-101 model (robotstudio_so101), unmodified, at the playground’s pinned commit. Model source.

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