Humanoids as open development platform rather than prestige object
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Zeroth was founded in 2024 and is based in Suzhou in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. The company does not build large industrial humanoids, but compact devices for research, education and development, as well as robots for the end-customer market. In early 2026, Zeroth entered the US market with its own product line. An important clarification upfront: there is a same-named American open-source project around the mini-humanoid Zeroth-01 from the K-Scale Labs environment. The two have nothing to do with each other.
The focus is on proprietary drive modules with high torque density and the software that runs on them. The movement system FlowMimic generates gaits and dynamic movements including backflips, and via Tele_Bridge the entire body can be remotely controlled with a VR headset, which is primarily used for collecting training data. The product line includes the models M1, W1 and Jupiter, and since September 2026 the developer humanoid Bridge. With it, the company launched the open-source ecosystem OpenBridge, which brings together robot models, capability libraries and simulation environments.
Zeroth's advantage is price. The Bridge costs 3999 US dollars and thus falls into a category where previously mainly kits were available, not fully functional bipeds with whole-body control. According to the company, the devices are certified for China, North America, the EU, Japan and South Korea, and are sold directly through its own online shop. For universities and research groups in Europe, this significantly lowers the entry barrier to humanoid research. Whether the open strategy also pays off commercially will be shown by the size of the developer community.
Bridge
Developer humanoid · 88 cm · USD 3999
M1
Interactive robot for end customers
W1
Interactive robot for end customers
Jupiter
Robot for commercial use
OpenBridge
Open-source ecosystem · Models, capabilities, simulation
Company founded with headquarters in Suzhou.
Market entry into the US with a range of interactive robots for end customers and commercial use in January.
Launch of the developer humanoid Bridge and the open-source ecosystem OpenBridge on 2 September.
No distribution partner in Switzerland known. Sales run through its own online shop; the company states it is certified for the EU, import and customs clearance are the buyer's responsibility.