An early deployment note covering the path from unboxing to repeatable research use. The authors find that from a hardware perspective the platform "largely fulfils expectations and flat-ground locomotion is convincing", but that the complete system "is still fragile for everyday experimental work, especially once the dexterous hands are installed".
- Quick to first motion if the vendor procedure is followed; flat-ground walking and running are among the strongest parts of the platform
- Accessible enough for university labs yet advanced enough for serious humanoid research (SDK, ROS 2, VLA experiments)
- Hardware broadly meets the published specifications
- Software version drift and weak configuration management across vendor components
- External hand cabling is mechanically vulnerable during loco-manipulation
- Onboard sensing constraints and immature SLAM/navigation tooling
