# HumanBotty

> Public maker guide for building a physical body for an AI you already talk to.

- Site: https://humanbotty.jonbailey.xyz/
- Version: 1.1.0
- Maker: Jon Bailey / Pitchfork-and-Torch
- License: MIT
- Not an xAI product
- Not AetherOS (https://aetheros.jonbailey.xyz/ is a research kernel)
- Not AXIOM (https://axiom.jonbailey.xyz/ is clothing for Optimus)

## One-liner

Sense-first hybrid: humanoid head and arms on a practical wheeled base. Start with a Sense Head. Full biped is optional and late.

## Quick answers

- Phase 1 Strong BOM is about $1,100 to $1,800 USD at mid-2026 maker prices. Verify before buying.
- First physical module: vision, audio, IMU, pan-tilt, hardware e-stop, ROS 2, local agent bridge.
- Sense Head code (MIT): https://github.com/Pitchfork-and-Torch/HumanBotty/tree/main/software
- Safety: e-stop cuts actuator power. No unsupervised motion near people or pets. No weapons. Privacy mute for mic and camera.
- Compute: Jetson-class on the robot. Raspberry Pi 5 8GB is the documented fallback.

## Pages

- / start
- /start.html order of operations
- /body.html morphology
- /safety.html doctrine
- /phase1.html Sense Head
- /bom.html parts list
- /power.html dual-rail wiring
- /software.html ROS 2 stack
- /roadmap.html phases 0-5
- /learning.html just-in-time skills
- /log.html public recipe history

EN-only while i18n is paused.