Type Yourself a Robot: Frenchman Makes an Open Source Android

Gael Langevin invites everyone to print a robot. The French artist publishes 3D printing files for assembling a humanoid robot, which will allow each of us to assemble our own assistant from a certain amount of plastic, several Arduino boards and the required number of electric motors.

Hand drawings have already been posted on Thingiverse and Langevin promises to publish the remaining parts over the coming months. His design diary is here . The robot is completely open source and all plans will be available for download. You will need a home 3D printer for printing, although it is believed that the largest parts will already need an industrial printer.