SO-101: the robotic arm that copies every move | Ep. 1 Unboxing

The SO-101 has arrived.

Leader and follower

It’s two robotic arms. The black one is the leader: you move it by hand. The white one is the follower: it copies every move the leader makes.

First episode

This is the first episode of a series. I open the box, set up the first configuration on my desk and try it straight away.

The next step

What’s next? Teaching it to do it on its own.

That’s exactly what the leader is for: by moving it by hand you record demonstrations, and from those the arm can learn to repeat the task with nobody guiding it. It’s physical AI seen from a home desk.

See you in the next episode.

Music in the video: Funk Game Loop – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0