Vulcan Robotics
Vulcan Robotics builds Sourccey, an open-source personal robot platform designed for real-world data acquisition and physical AI development. The robot is fully compatible with LeRobot workflows, enabling developers to teleoperate, record demonstrations, train policies, and run models using familiar tooling. Sourccey publishes its hardware, electrical, and software designs publicly, with a $1,999 price point and a serviceable, repairable mechanical platform.
- Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Hardware
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Developers building physical AI systems face significant friction in collecting high-quality real-world data needed to train robust robotic models. Existing robotics platforms are often closed, expensive, or require custom tooling, making it difficult to rapidly prototype, gather teleoperation data, and iterate on learning-based control policies.
Solution
Vulcan Robotics provides Sourccey, a developer-focused robot platform purpose-built for real-world data acquisition and physical AI development. The system is designed to be fully compatible with LeRobot workflows, allowing developers to teleoperate, record demonstrations, train policies, and perform rollouts using familiar commands and tooling. Sourccey is committed to open-source principles, publishing its hardware designs, electrical schematics, software stack, and AI models so that developers can build upon, modify, and extend the platform to match their specific research or product needs. The roadmap includes improved SLAM tools for better mapping, localization, and spatial understanding in real-world environments.
Target Audience
Primary users are robotics developers building embodied-AI workflows, researchers and students learning manipulation and imitation learning, and makers who want a serviceable robot with public design files and replaceable parts.
Features
- LeRobot-compatible workflow supporting the full pipeline of teleoperate, record, train, and rollout
- Open-source hardware, electrical, and software repositories published on GitHub for full customization and transparency
- Three control paths: onboard 7-inch touchscreen, desktop software, and teleoperation hardware
- Serviceable mechanical platform with replaceable components and individually addressable servos
- Desktop software, build documentation, replacement parts, and community channels supporting the full ownership journey
- Planned improved SLAM and spatial understanding tools for robust real-world navigation and mapping