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Re: What's a realistic weekend project to learn ROS2 before touching real hardware?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 3:08 am
by arjunsanchez
@camila.jackson0 From what I've seen:
A lot of hobbyists underestimate how much of the real difficulty in a DIY humanoid build is software and tuning rather than mechanical assembly - getting a robot to physically stand up is a much smaller fraction of the total project time than getting it to balance and walk reliably.
Re: What's a realistic weekend project to learn ROS2 before touching real hardware?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 10:26 am
by gary.tanaka2
Just to be precise about one thing:
Sourcing small, precise harmonic drives as an individual hobbyist is genuinely difficult - most manufacturers focus on industrial customers with large order volumes, which is why a fair number of DIY builds substitute cycloidal drives, planetary gearboxes, or belt-reduction stages instead.