HopeJR
An open-source, largely 3D-printed full-size humanoid design from Hugging Face and The Robot Studio, with 66 actuated degrees of freedom and tendon-driven hands. Hugging Face said the first units would ship by the end of 2025. As of September 2026, the public work is the arm, hand and teleoperation glove in LeRobot, and the docs call recording and training 'still experimental'.
- Price
- $3,000Promise Hugging Face estimated about $3,000 per unit at the May 2025 reveal. We found no store listing.
- Status
- AnnouncedPromise Waitlist opened May 2025; the open-source design files are on GitHub, but we found no evidence of shipped kits
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- Degrees of freedom
- 66
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- Made in
- United States
A dash means the maker has not published it. Values with a label are claims, not measurements.
Trust and legalWhat these mean
Does a remote human drive it?
Yes, remote operators
It is driven by an exoskeleton arm and a glove ('homunculus') for teleoperation and data collection. Learned policies are experimental.
US FCC
Unknown
No FCC filing found. A self-built kit from open design files may not need one; a pre-built commercial unit would.
Status history2 dated events
- Announced
LeRobot docs cover the HopeJR arm, hand and teleop glove; record, replay and train are labeled 'still experimental' HopeJR | LeRobot docs
- Announced
Revealed with a waitlist and a ~$3,000 price estimate; first units expected by end of 2025 TechCrunch: Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots
PromisesLedger
Sources for specs and status
- TechCrunch: Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots29 May 2025
- HopeJR | LeRobot docs27 Sep 2026
- TheRobotStudio/HOPEJr on GitHub27 Sep 2026
Last updated 27 Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Send a correction.