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Adam Lite

Full-size biped from PNDbotics, the baseline configuration of the Adam line, with 25 force-controlled QDD actuators.

activeBuyL2 Sim-verifiednot buildable

Difficulty index

10.0/13
10.0
Index breakdown
Classhumanoid+5
Costunknown · midpoint+1.5
DOF25 DOF+2.5
Partsunknown · midpoint+1
How the index works

Top of the ladder. This robot lives on the humanoid domains.

Specimen photographs

5 items
  • Adam Lite studio render, three-quarter front view
    Studio render of the published MJCF, the model's zero pose. Geometry only; colours are the model's own materials.Rendered by Hyperspawn from mujoco_menagerie/pndbotics_adam_lite (MIT) · Hyperspawn render · source
  • Adam Lite studio render, side view
    Side view of the same MJCF render, the model's zero pose.Rendered by Hyperspawn from mujoco_menagerie/pndbotics_adam_lite (MIT) · Hyperspawn render · source
  • 4 s turntable of the MJCF studio render.Rendered by Hyperspawn from mujoco_menagerie/pndbotics_adam_lite (MIT) · Hyperspawn render · source
  • Humanoid Robot Adam: Kill the Gap | PNDboticsPNDbotics · official video, embedded · source
  • Humanoid Robot Adam’s Human-Like Natural Walking ShowcasePNDbotics · official video, embedded · source

Spec card

4/13 known
Degrees of freedom
25
Height
160 cm
Mass
60 kg
Actuators
quasi-direct-drive actuators

Not in the registry: payload, speed, runtime, battery, price, bom total, part count, compute, sensors. Left blank rather than guessed.

What you learn building it

  • +Whole-body control
  • +Dozens of actuators on one bus
  • +Balance and fall handling
  • +Safe bring-up of a full-size machine
  • +Testing in simulation (URDF/MJCF) before touching hardware

Openness

20/100
  • not publicCAD
  • not publicBOM
  • not publicFirmware
  • publicSim model
  • not publicSoftware
  • not publicPolicies

Score 20/100 computed from what is public: CAD 25, BOM 20, sim 20, firmware 15, software 10, policies 10.

Repos & models

MJCF ↗MuJoCo Menagerie ↗
Site

Build it

Closed hardware. Buy link only.

humanoidrobot.build/pndbotics/adam-lite · Closed hardware. Buy link only.

Simulate

Load it in the browser simulator and train a policy before building.

Open on humanoidrobots.training ↗

Next rung

None. This is the top. Find people building it on humanoidrobots.team.

This is the top of the ladder.

NoteNot open hardware; included because a model is in MuJoCo Menagerie. Specs from reseller pages only. HQ Beijing per company-profile aggregators.

Sources

  1. [1]Tracxn - PNDbotics profile (Beijing)checked 2026-09-24
  2. [2]MuJoCo Menageriechecked 2026-09-24
  3. [3]Reseller spec pagechecked 2026-09-24
  4. [4]Humanoid Hub (debut)checked 2026-09-24