Facial hug releases a 3D printed robotic arm starting at $ 100

Facial embracing, the best known for the platform of the developers of the same name, is to sell a programmable, printable 3D robotic arm that can take and place objects and perform some other basic work.

called SO-101The wing is the continuation of hugging the former Robotic Wing of the Face, SO-100, released last year. Company Robotics Division, Lerobot, partnership with the French firm of Robot Studio to debut SO-100 for about $ 100 in October.

The facial hug joined the robot studio once again for the SO-101, as well as the Wowrobo robotics shop, the IOT SEEEDSUDIO equipment supplier, and the parttabot seller robotics.

Compared to the SO-100, SO-101, which also starts at $ 100, is faster to collect and contains improved engines that reduce friction while allowing the arm to maintain its own weight. The camera equipped with cameras can be trained through a technique of one called reinforcement lesson, which allows it to “teach” to perform tasks such as taking a lego block and putting it in a bin.

Super excited to introduce SO-101 today by @huggingfacein collaboration with @therobotstudioWowrobo, SEEEDSUDIO & ParttaBot.

Building on top of successful successful SO-100 (the most popular weapons of robots ever?), SO-101 are the first weapons of robots that every builder should buy. Pic.twitter.com/y3IHSKMIGB

– Clem 🤗 (@Clementdelangue) 28 April 2025

$ 100 is the basic price for SO-101, to be clear. Thanks to the premiums in fully collected units and US tariffs for Chinese imports, prices range from $ 100 to $ 500, depending on the supplier.

Facial hug is widely expanding its robotics efforts, winning recently Robotic pollenA Robotic Startup based in France for an undiscovered lot. Guided by former engineer Tesla Optimus Remi Cadene, Hugging Robotics Wing Faces plans to sell Pollen Humanoid Robot, Reachy 2, and allow developers to download and suggest improvements in his code.