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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 institutions, worldwide delivery in up to 3 weeks.

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The white SO-ARM101 robot arm pair — the follower arm next to the hand-held leader arm
  • Leader–follower pair in every kit
  • Invoicing and closing documents for organisations
  • Worldwide delivery in up to 3 weeks
  • Desktop format — safe in a classroom
  • Robonine Lab: first year included, one class of up to 15 students

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.

Everything in the SO-ARM101 Black & White kit laid out: black leader parts, white follower parts, twelve servos, camera, driver boards, power adapters, cables, clamps, fasteners, the training objects, the ArUco cube and the printed booklet

The hardware

Everything is in the box

In the kit

  • SO-ARM101 follower arm — 5-DOF with a 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
  • Two classes a week, plus two to three hours of practice

The kit ships unassembled — building it is module one. Standard shipping is free worldwide; the delivery time for your country is shown at checkout.

Robonine Lab

Robonine Lab is included — free for the first year

Every kit comes with access to Robonine Lab, a browser platform: connect the arms over USB, Bluetooth or WebRTC and work through twelve modules — assembly, calibration, teleoperation, pick-and-place, computer vision, ArUco tracking, neural-network recognition and a final project. For an institution the access covers one class of up to 15 students for the first year.

A Robonine Lab lesson: the arm in a live 3D view with the movement planes explained alongside
  • Robonine Lab: first year included, one class of up to 15 students
  • 12 modules, from assembly to a final project
  • 15 tools: motor calibration, teleoperation, ArUco, OpenCV, a ROS2 lab, block-code
  • USB, Bluetooth or WebRTC — or a virtual arm with no hardware attached
  • English and Russian interface
  • A certificate on completion

Open Robonine Lab

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 invoice institutions and provide the paperwork. Delivery takes up to 3 weeks from our supplier in China.

What an order for an organisation gets you

  • Invoice, contract and closing documents
  • Robonine Lab: first year included, one class of up to 15 students
  • 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
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Robonine Lab included

SO-ARM101 robotic arm kit

$349

  • SO-ARM101 follower arm — 5-DOF with a gripper
  • Leader arm for teleoperation and recording demonstrations
  • USB camera for the computer-vision and learning modules
  • Robonine Lab: first year included, one class of up to 15 students
  • Ships unassembled — assembly guide included
Buy the kit

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 11 reviews

Chris J.

★★★★★5/5

48 · Engineer

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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.

★★★★★5/5

30 · complete beginner

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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.

Rachel V.

★★★★★5/5

40 · parent of a beginner

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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.

★★★★★5/5

21 · Student

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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.

★★★★★5/5

33 · software developer

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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.

Laura F.

★★★★★5/5

29 · Complete beginner

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

Total career switcher here. Python from zero, then OpenCV, then my arm picking things up — each module builds on the last without any jumps.

Tom S.

★★★★★5/5

52 · Hobbyist

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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.

Ryan P.

★★★★★3/5

31 · Hobbyist

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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.

Olivia R.

★★★★★5/5

15 · complete beginner

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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.

★★★★★5/5

19 · Student

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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.

Emma W.

★★★★★5/5

34 · Hobbyist

SO-ARM101 kit + Robonine Lab

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 3 weeks worldwide from our supplier in China; 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 up to 3 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. Classes are paid monthly, so stopping is a matter of not paying for the next month.

How can I pay?

International bank cards — Visa, Mastercard and more. Payment happens on a secure payment page.

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