Name: ROBOTIS MINI (DARwIn-MINI)
Brand: ROBOTIS (South Korea)

ROBOTIS (South Korea) ROBOTIS MINI (DARwIn-MINI) (1)

Was ~$500Original list price (est.); robotis.us now sells only spare-part packs

Discontinued · used/leftover onlyScriptedDynamixel XL-3203D-printable partsArduino

Possibly ≤ 1 weekShipping: Used. No longer sold as a kit in the US; used kits turn up on eBay, and XL-320 servos and spare parts are still sold by robotis.us.

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Overview

A tabletop humanoid kit built from 16 tiny Dynamixel XL-320 servos, launched as DARwIn-MINI as a low-cost cousin of DARwIn-OP. The controller is Arduino-programmable and the shells are 3D-printable, which made it a popular classroom kit. It has been superseded by the ENGINEER kits and is now mostly found used.

Specifications

Category	Bipeds · Walks, but doesn't really balance
Released	2014
Availability	Discontinued · used/leftover only
Programmability	Full SDK
Best for	Ages 14+ (estimated)
Vision sensors	No vision sensors
Actuators	Smart servos (Dynamixel, Feetech…)
Audio	No audio
Compute type	Arduino / ESP32 / microcontroller
Balance type	Scripted
Height	~27 cm (est.)
Weight	Not published
Compute	OpenCM9.04 (ARM Cortex-M3)
Speed	Not published
DOF	16 Dynamixel XL-320
Sensors	Optional IR, gyro and distance sensors; Bluetooth
Balance	Plays back keyframed motions on small XL-320 servos; no active balance.
SDK	R+ Task / R+ Motion, Arduino (OpenCM IDE), smartphone app