Just the kit
SO-ARM101 robotic arm kit
$349
- SO-ARM101 kit — both arms, camera, everything in the box
- Ships unassembled — assembly guide included
- Hardware only — no course or mentor included
Robonine Labs · For universities, colleges and clubs
SO-ARM101 educational robotic arms for universities, colleges and clubs
A modern robot-learning stack — Python, ROS2, LeRobot — in your own lab. Kits for classes, projects and hackathons. Batches of any size, invoicing for legal entities, delivery across Russia in up to 14 days.
Book a free 30-min call before you buy
- Leader–follower pair in every kit
- Invoicing and closing documents for organisations
- Delivery across Russia in up to 14 days
- Desktop format — safe in a classroom
See it move
Leader–follower teleoperation in action
The basis of the lab work: students record demonstrations by teleoperation and train models on them — the full robot-learning cycle on a single kit.
Why SO-ARM101
Why SO-ARM101 belongs in a teaching lab
Robotics is the fastest-growing engineering field — and the skills behind it are exactly the ones universities and employers screen for.
A leader–follower pair
Teleoperation and demonstration recording for model training, straight out of the box.
The open LeRobot ecosystem
The Hugging Face stack that university robotics labs around the world already run.
Python and ROS2
Exactly what your students will be using in their working lives.
Desktop format
Safe in a classroom and needs no room of its own.
The hardware
Everything is in the box
In the kit
- SO-ARM101 follower arm — 5-DOF with a parallel gripper
- Leader arm for teleoperation and recording demonstrations
- USB camera for the computer-vision and learning modules
- Power supplies, cables and desk clamps — everything wired in one box
You'll need
- A computer — Windows, macOS or Linux, no GPU required
- A free USB port and about 40×40 cm of desk
- 30–40 minutes per module, whenever it suits you
The kit ships unassembled — building it is module one. Delivery in 3–4 weeks.
Use cases
What the kits are used for
Robotics is the fastest-growing engineering field — and the skills behind it are exactly the ones universities and employers screen for.
Lab work
Kinematics, control and computer vision on hardware students can actually touch.
Project work
Semester and degree projects with a result that moves.
Hackathons
A fast start: teleoperation and a trained model over a single weekend.
Clubs and continuing education
A ready syllabus to adapt, so nobody has to write a programme from scratch.
Kits and batches
One kit, or a whole classroom
We work by invoice with legal entities and provide the closing documents. Delivery across Russia takes up to 14 days.
What an order for an organisation gets you
- Invoice, contract and closing documents
- Priority dispatch from stock
- Delivery schedule agreed in the quote
- Consultation on setting up the lab
- Help getting the first classes running
- Start with one kit as a pilot if you prefer
Book a free 30-min call before you buy
Batch lead times are confirmed in the quote. Kit specs and gallery: SO-ARM101 product page.
- A company based in St Petersburg, shipping across Russia
- Invoicing and closing documents for legal entities
- Teaching-staff support and setup consultations
Reviews
What learners say
4.8/5
Based on 23 reviews
Priya S.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course + arm kit
The final project with mentor sign-off pushed me to clean up my code properly. Went from never touching hardware to a working pick-and-place demo in about two months.
Mark R.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course
I teach maths and wanted to see robotics done right. The mentored track gives you a real person reviewing your code, which changes everything for weaker students.
Ella T.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course + arm kit
My physics teacher recommended it. The camera module where the arm follows objects with OpenCV is my favourite — I demoed it at our science fair.
Chris J.
★★★★★5/5Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
I have automated factories for twenty years and still learned things — the LeRobot imitation learning setup is genuinely current. Kit quality is above what I expected.
Megan O.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course
Complete beginner and honestly nervous, but the first module has you assembling the arm with your hands, not staring at slides. By module five I was writing my own Python.
Noah B.
★★★★★4/5Mentored course + arm kit
Four stars only because the kit took a while to arrive. The course itself is excellent — module lengths are honest, 30–40 minutes each, and the mentor sign-off on the final project felt earned.
Rachel V.
★★★★★5/5Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Bought it for my son and ended up doing half the modules with him. The instructions assume zero background, which was exactly right for us.
Aiden G.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course
Doing this alongside my CS degree. The teleoperation module where the leader arm drives the follower is the best lab I have done anywhere, uni included.
Sophie A.
★★★★★5/5Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
I write backend code all day, robotics was new. The dataset recording and imitation learning modules were the perfect bridge — real ML on real hardware, not a simulator.
Jack N.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course + arm kit
I am 14 and built the whole arm myself in module one. My mentor helped me debug my colour detection script and now it works every time.
Laura F.
★★★★★5/5Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Total career switcher here. Python from zero, then OpenCV, then my arm picking things up — each module builds on the last without any jumps.
Ethan C.
★★★★★4/5Mentored course
Great structure, honest four stars — I would have liked a couple more mentor hours for the imitation learning part. The LeRobot pipeline itself is explained well.
Hannah D.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course + arm kit
My 12-year-old daughter did the assembly module with me, then took over completely. She shows everyone the live 3D view of her arm on the platform.
Tom S.
★★★★★5/5Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Retired and wanted a proper hobby. The Robonine Lab platform is clear enough that I never felt lost, and the arm has been on my desk running Python scripts ever since.
Grace L.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course + arm kit
Finished my final project last week — the mentor signed it off after one round of fixes. Recording my own dataset and watching the arm learn from it was the highlight.
Ryan P.
★★★★★3/5Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
The content is good but delivery took almost three weeks and a couple of photos in the assembly instructions could be sharper. Once I got going, teleoperation with the leader arm worked exactly as shown.
Chloe M.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course
I took the mentored track to evaluate it for my school club. Eleven modules of 30–40 minutes each, well scaffolded — my mentor answered every question within a day.
Daniel H.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course + arm kit
As a mechanical engineer I appreciated that the kit ships complete — camera, both power supplies, clamps. Nothing to order separately, and the mentor code review was surprisingly rigorous.
Olivia R.
★★★★★5/5Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
I had never coded before and now my arm sorts blocks by colour with the camera. The 30–40 minute modules fit around school easily.
Michael B.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course
The imitation learning module with LeRobot blew my mind. You record datasets by teleoperating the follower arm with the leader, then the arm repeats the task on its own.
Sarah K.
★★★★★4/5Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Solid course, the OpenCV module and the teleoperation part are great. I just wanted more depth in the kinematics section — it felt a bit brief for someone who codes for a living.
James T.
★★★★★5/5Mentored course + arm kit
Got the kit for my 13-year-old son and he has done eight of the eleven modules on his own. The mentor checked his Python code and left comments he could actually understand.
Emma W.
★★★★★5/5Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Assembled the SO-ARM101 over one weekend — assembly is literally module one, so you start with a working arm instead of theory. The live 3D view in Robonine Lab made checking each joint really easy.
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FAQ
Buying for an organisation
How do we pay as an organisation?
We issue an invoice to the legal entity and provide the contract and the closing documents.
What are the lead times?
Up to 14 days across Russia for kits in stock; lead times for batches are confirmed in the quote.
Can we try a single kit first?
Yes — start with one, and we will agree the batch after the pilot.
Do you support the teaching staff?
We provide a ready syllabus to adapt, plus a consultation on getting the first classes running.
How do delivery and returns work?
The kit ships worldwide from our supplier in China; delivery takes 3–4 weeks. Shipping is calculated at checkout from your country and shown before you pay. Buyers in the EU and the UK also pay import VAT and a customs handling fee on delivery. An unopened kit can be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund. Course access is refundable until you open the first module.
How can I pay?
International bank cards — Visa, Mastercard and more. Payment happens on a secure payment page.
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