Lucen Robotics
Lucen Robotics offers a modular robot kit that transforms between bipedal, wheeled, quadruped, and 7-DoF arm configurations using the same 12 torque-controlled actuators and open-source firmware. The platform includes an onboard NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super GPU and supports MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, and LeRobot training pipelines. Pre-orders are open with kits starting at $1,999.
- Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Hardware
- AI Agents
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Researchers, students, and hobbyists in robotics often need separate, specialized hardware for locomotion and manipulation experiments, which is costly and space-intensive. Existing robot kits are typically fixed-purpose, limiting flexibility and forcing users to purchase multiple platforms to explore different research areas.
Solution
Lucen provides a fully modular robotics platform that transforms between a bipedal robot and a dexterous arm using the same actuators, controllers, and firmware. Users start with a bipedal configuration for training locomotion policies, then swap six parts with a hex key to convert the kit into a 7-DoF manipulator with a compliant gripper for manipulation research. The platform runs standard simulation and sim2real pipelines, including MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, and LeRobot, and includes an onboard NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super 8GB GPU for compute-intensive tasks. Open firmware under an MIT license and public design files ensure full customizability and reproducibility. The system also supports wheeled and quadruped configurations through optional bundles, all built from the same actuator set.
Target Audience
Primary users are robotics researchers, university students, and hobbyists focused on reinforcement learning, control theory, and manipulation research who need a versatile, cost-effective hardware platform.
Features
- Modular design with 12 reusable serial-bus torque-controlled actuators, controllers, and firmware shared across biped, wheeled, quadruped, and arm configurations
- Six-part swap mechanism enabling conversion between biped and 7-DoF arm in minutes with a hex key, with keyed connectors and no soldering required
- Onboard NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super 8GB GPU with 128 GB SSD and WiFi module for edge compute
- Compatibility with MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, sim2real, LeRobot, ACT, and SmolVLA training pipelines
- Open firmware under MIT license with public GitHub access to teleop tools and training notebooks
- Field-repairable design with every actuator individually replaceable via hex key
- Optional dual-arm and quadruped conversion kits enabling bimanual manipulation and locomotion research