Zeroth Bot is designed to make robotics development accessible by offering a programmable humanoid platform at an affordable price under $1000. Ideal for education, research and prototyping, it accepts voice commands, responds to gesture inputs and supports Python scripting. These control options enable both beginners and experienced developers to explore AI driven robotics affordably.
On the hardware side, Zeroth Bot is powered by a dual core RISC-V processor and has 18 high performance metal gear actuators with five actuators per leg and four per arm. Its sensors include a 1080p wide field camera, LED screen, microphone, speaker and a 6-axis inertial measurement unit. Integrated Wi-Fi and a rechargeable battery ensure uninterrupted operation.
The robot runs on an open-source software ecosystem from K-Scale Labs. PyKOS provides a Python API for direct motor and sensor control while the Rust based KOS ensures efficient real time performance. EdgeVLA merges vision, language and action into adaptable skills that can be continuously improved with data from the community. K-Sim offers reinforcement learning simulation environments for MuJoCo, IsaacSim and Genesis.
By combining accessible hardware with a community driven software platform, Zeroth Bot supports collaborative development and lets users to feed and test new behaviors in simulation before deploying them to the physical robot. Its support for voice, gesture and code interfaces makes it a versatile platform for learning and research in robotics. Source code and documentation are available on GitHub.
