{"id":"feather-robotics-feather","manufacturer":"Feather Robotics","model":"Feather","country":"US","description":"Feather is a wheeled two-armed robot with a humanoid upper body, sold by US company Feather Robotics as an open hardware platform for teams with their own physical AI models. It has a torso lift with 600 mm of travel, 1 m arms, swappable batteries for 10 hours and an open Python and ROS 2 SDK. It lists at 32,990 dollars, 29,990 dollars on promotion.","catalog_status":"shipping","specifications":{"height_cm":null,"weight_kg":105,"payload_kg":null,"dof":null,"speed_ms":1.3,"battery_h":10},"capabilities":["sort","obstacle"],"source":{"url":"https://feather.dev/","verified_at":null,"verified_fields":[],"review_status":"requires_current_source_check"},"evidence":{"manufacturer_review":null,"mera_field_test":{"status":"not_published","report_url":null,"measured_at":null},"verification_note":"A manufacturer documentation check does not verify field performance, inventory or MERA compatibility."},"knowledge":{"summary":"Feather is a wheeled two-armed robot with a humanoid upper body, sold by US company Feather Robotics as an open hardware platform for teams with their own physical AI models. It has a torso lift with 600 mm of travel, 1 m arms, swappable batteries for 10 hours and an open Python and ROS 2 SDK. It lists at 32,990 dollars, 29,990 dollars on promotion.","sections":[{"h":"Design and technology","p":["The spec sheet lists 105 kg fully configured and 23 DoF: 7 per arm, 2 in the neck, 1 in the torso and 6 in the base. The 500 × 510 mm holonomic base moves in any direction without turning at up to 1.3 m/s and fits through standard doors. The torso travels 600 mm vertically at up to 150 mm/s, reaching from the floor to high shelves.","Each 1 m arm holds 6.8 kg peak and 1.8 kg sustained when fully extended. Standard end effectors are 6-DoF hands or parallel-jaw grippers, swappable in the field. Two hot-swappable 48 V, 50 Ah packs give about 10 hours at a 240 W load.","The head takes a ZED stereo camera (2i, X or X Mini), with optional wrist cameras. Compute is customer-swappable: Jetson Nano, Jetson AGX Orin or Jetson Thor. There is a 10-inch touchscreen, a four-mic array with speaker and a rear emergency stop."]},{"h":"Software","p":["Feather ships with an open Python SDK (Apache 2.0) and ROS 2 support, built-in teleoperation, inverse kinematics with collision detection and simulation support. The company deliberately does not supply its own robot brain: the robot is a base for customers' models. The design minimizes part count to reduce failure points."]},{"h":"Applications","p":["Feather targets physical AI companies, manufacturers, integrators and researchers. The company says its robots have worked in the field for a year, including in manufacturing and food service; customers are not named."]},{"h":"Company","p":["Feather Robotics Inc. is a US company. CEO and co-founder Hoa Mai, formerly at Google and Apple, has built humanoids since 2018 and co-founded Kind Humanoid, later acquired by 1X. Co-founder and CPO Parsa Bakhtiari worked at Tesla during the 2018 Model 3 production crunch and on robotics projects."]},{"h":"Price and availability","p":["List price is 32,990 dollars, with a promotional 29,990 dollars while supplies last. Feather is fulfilling orders and offers financing, fleet pricing and a one-year warranty, with extended SLAs for fleets of five or more."]}],"timeline":[["2026-10","Feather on sale at a promotional 29,990 dollars"]],"faq":[["How much does the Feather robot cost?","32,990 dollars list, 29,990 dollars on promotion."],["How long does Feather run on a battery?","About 10 hours on two swappable packs."],["Does Feather walk?","No, it rolls on a holonomic base at up to 1.3 m/s."],["What software does Feather use?","An open Python SDK (Apache 2.0) and ROS 2, with teleoperation and inverse kinematics."],["Who founded Feather Robotics?","Hoa Mai (CEO, co-founder of Kind Humanoid) and Parsa Bakhtiari (CPO, ex-Tesla)."]],"sources":[{"title":"Feather","publisher":"Feather Robotics","url":"https://feather.dev/","date":"2026-10"},{"title":"How Feather Works: full specifications","publisher":"Feather Robotics","url":"https://feather.dev/technology","date":"2026-10"},{"title":"Mission","publisher":"Feather Robotics","url":"https://feather.dev/mission","date":"2026-10"}],"updated":"2026-10-10"},"mera":{"rental_with_operator":false,"sale_in_offer":false,"availability":"confirmation_required","shop_url":null},"url":"https://merarobotics.com/blog/humanoids/feather-robotics-feather","inquiry_url":"https://merarobotics.com/en/start?service=purchase&robot=feather-robotics-feather"}