
Open source
TheRobotStudio/HOPEJr
HOPEJr_open-source_DIY_Humanoid_Robot_with_dexterous_hands
$ git clone https://github.com/TheRobotStudio/HOPEJr.git# then ask your coding agent> Set up HOPEJr for "Explore HopeJR, The Robot Studio's open humanoid and hand" on my HopeJR. Follow the README.
Explore HopeJR, The Robot Studio's open humanoid and hand
Humanoid, Hard
HopeJR is the open humanoid from The Robot Studio (makers of SO-101), with full body design and dexterous arm/hand work, now updated for Robstride 02 motors.
The repo splits into a full humanoid and arm/hand subprojects.
Hardware & cost: Large build; see the repo BOM.
Difficulty: Hard.
Agent install prompt (paste into Claude Code, Cursor or Codex): "Read https://github.com/TheRobotStudio/HOPEJr and summarize which subproject (arm+hand or full humanoid) I can build first, with its BOM and the LeRobot setup."
Source: TheRobotStudio/HOPEJr on GitHub — https://github.com/TheRobotStudio/HOPEJr (facts checked against the project README, Oct 2026; prices vary by region).
Quick answers
- What do you need to explore HopeJR, The Robot Studio's open humanoid and hand?
- Large build; see the repo BOM.
- How hard is it to explore HopeJR, The Robot Studio's open humanoid and hand?
- Hard.
Ideas to try with it
Our ideas, not the builder's claims.
- Build just the dexterous hand first and teleop it
- Record hand demos for grasping odd-shaped objects
- Pair it with an SO-101 setup you already know
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- Follow the Robstride 02 update and plan a full-body build
- Last commit
- 2026-05-04
- Builder
- TheRobotStudio
- Repo
- TheRobotStudio/HOPEJr, 840 stars
- Built with
- HopeJR
More like this: SO-101 / LeRobot arms
Parts notes for this device are in the Hermes Workshop catalog.
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