NGL, I’m hyped to see if Qwen3.8 27b can make me a sandwich. Instant buy for me.
A DIY researcher pre-ordered a humanoid robot, Nori, for $1,688, despite acknowledging it's likely a beta product and not consumer-ready. Driven by a Raspberry Pi 5 for control and remote inference via WiFi, the user plans to connect it to a DGX Spark. The robot, mentioned in a Forbes article, has an active Discord and seemingly legitimate SDK and documentation, with earlier L3 versions reportedly delivered.
This account is unique for detailing a DIY researcher's personal decision to pre-order the Nori robot, unlike typical product announcements.
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Saw this little dude in a Forbes article (https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2026/08/18/american-humanoid-robot-launches-for-just-1688-delivery-this-fall-made-in-san-francisco/)
This is definitely for the DIY researcher crowd who want to dip their toes into the robotics world. It is not going to be “consumer-ready” in any way shape or form, but I Instantly preordered the shit out of this anyways. I don’t even care that all the vids of it doing stuff are probably 3x sped up and completely cherry-picked and highly edited. I DO NOT CARE that it is going to be likely absolute trash getting started with this thing. It is still going to be fucking amazing that I’m going to have a robot that could potentially injure me for $1,688.
There is very little online about this guy, but I trust Forbes did their homework, and Nori has actually supposedly delivered the first batch of the earlier L3 version from what I can tell, and their discord is active and their SDK and documentation seems legit to me. I know I’m taking a risk with pre-ordering a highly beta product from a company that’s probably run out of someone’s actual garage, but son-of-a-bitch I’M IN!!
From what I can tell it’s Raspberry Pi 5 driven for control loop, with remote inference via WiFi. I plan on connecting it to my DGX Spark.