Build construction concept
How the robot goes together.
Base frame: RoboParty Roboto Origin, open source. 1.25 m tall, 34 kg, 23 joints. Every major part arrives made. We bolt, wire, tune, test and add the brain.
1.25 m
Height
34 kg
Weight
23
Joints · 12 legs, 10 arms, 1 waist
24
Build steps
The machine
What goes into one robot.
Frame
27 CNC part types, 64 pieces, machined aluminium.
Joints
23 joint motors on a wired CAN bus. No radio, no network path. Traffic-tested on the bench.
Brain
NVIDIA Jetson in the chest. Plans tasks with Claude using only the robot’s tested skills.
Eyes and hands
Depth camera in the head. A gripper on each wrist.
The build, in order
1Bench and motor IDsAnti-static bench, every motor given its ID and calibrated, then tested alone while its traffic is recorded.
2LegsKnee and ankle motors into thighs and shins, ankle linkage, feet, bearings and limit pins. Left and right are mirror images.
3Hips and waistSix hip motors clamped into blocks, legs joined on, waist motor and IMU seated.
4Chest and armsShoulder motors, then arms out to the forearms. Battery into the chest bay.
5Scan and reflashThe walking computer is scanned, wiped and flashed with our build before it goes in.
6Wire, stop, brainCable guides, power switch, e-stop and contactor, then the Jetson, camera and grippers.
7Zero, power, walkEvery joint zeroed with limit pins, first power-up hanging in the stand, e-stop tested ten out of ten, then a harness walking test on a foam lane.
Rules on the bench
> rules
materials left · anti-static mat middle · finished parts right
locating screws first, hand-tight, then diagonal order
threadlocker on the last 3–4 threads only
never hammer a motor · never reset far from zero
any shaking, drift or fall: hit stop
Want the full build pack?
The step-by-step walkthrough, security plan and parts list are on the private build page.