Meet MABEL: a fully open source mobile robot with dual hands that was built in 2 weeks for just $8k. It was built at New York University and University of Toronto Robotics in 3 months. MABEL can perform a variety of household tasks, such as cleaning, reaching high to pick up items, opening and closing dishwashers and everything in between. As the developers explain, they used Apple Vision Pro for teleoperation.
Today, I’m excited to finally introduce MABEL — our fully open-source, mobile bimanual robot! 🤖🦾
$8K in parts. Just 2 weeks from parts to a fully tested robot.
And we’re open-sourcing EVERYTHING: hardware, firmware, teleop pipeline, controllers, learning pipelines, and digital twin simulation.
Built by us at @nyuniversity and @UofTRobotics in 3 months, started in a tiny NYC studio apartment 🗽🍕
Our goal is simple: make capable, full-stack robotics accessible to everyone. 🚀
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(1/7)— Jerry Chéng (@thejerrycheng) November 4, 2026
While you can build this yourself for $8k, a full parts kit can be purchased for as low as $14k.