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ROBOTIS OP3 ROBOTIS
51 cm
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ROBOTIS OP3
Shipping 2017 Business
Open-source miniature bipedal humanoid research platform with 20 Dynamixel actuators and an onboard Intel NUC running ROS.
Overview
ROBOTIS OP3 is the third-generation DARwIn-OP miniature humanoid, an open-source bipedal platform for robotics research and education. About 51 cm tall and 3.5 kg, it walks on 20 Dynamixel XM430 smart actuators and carries an Intel NUC PC running ROS on Ubuntu, plus a USB camera for vision work such as RoboCup soccer. It is sold directly from the official ROBOTIS US web store at $13,764 with in-stock shipping, and full documentation, source code, and CAD are published openly. Buyers are mainly universities, research labs, and advanced robotics classrooms.
Use cases
Humanoid locomotion research ROS education and university courses RoboCup robot soccer
Capability evidence
- Autonomous soccer playThe OP3 ships with an autonomous soccer demo using an onboard ball detector, walking to and kicking a ball; it is a widely used RoboCup platform. ROBOTIS e-Manual ↗ · 2025-07
- Bipedal balance and visionThe 510 mm, 20-DOF OP3 walks, balances, gets up after a fall and tracks objects with its onboard HD camera as a locomotion and vision testbed. ROBOTIS e-Manual ↗ · 2025-07
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