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16ShellAudience · researcherComplexity · 5/5LicenseSetup · hard

TL;DR

A central hub linking all the sub-projects behind MOS-9, an open source humanoid robot built for RoboCup Kid-Size competitions.

Mindmap

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  root((MOS-9 Hub))
    What it does
      Links all sub repos
      Clone all script
    Tech stack
      Shell
      MATLAB
    Use cases
      Full dev environment setup
      Robotics research
    Audience
      Robotics researchers
      RoboCup teams

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Get an overview of every component behind an open-source humanoid robot project.

REASON 2

Clone all MOS-9 sub-repositories at once to set up a full development environment.

REASON 3

Study how a student-built robotics team organizes hardware, deployment, and AI code across repos.

What's in the stack?

ShellMATLAB

How it stacks up

thmos2025/mos-9-open-source-humanoid-robotai-engineer-skool/zen-agentic-engineer-configali-expandings/mactune
Stars161616
LanguageShellShellShell
Setup difficultyhardeasyeasy
Complexity5/52/51/5
Audienceresearcherdevelopergeneral

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Involves cloning multiple sub-repositories, each with its own hardware and software setup.

The code in this hub is MIT licensed, free to use, modify, and distribute, but sub-repositories may carry different licenses.

Wtf does this do

MOS-9 is an open source humanoid robot project built for RoboCup Kid-Size competitions, a robotics contest where small humanoid robots play soccer autonomously. This particular repository is not the robot's code itself, it is the central hub that ties together all the separate pieces of the project. Each part of the robot lives in its own repository: the mechanical hardware design and circuit schematics, the deployment code that brings the system up and running, the internal communication protocol between components, a training pipeline for movement policies, a joystick controller, an inertial sensor integration, a motion retargeting pipeline, a motor driver, and a set of MATLAB simulation files. This hub repository lists and links all of them, and includes a script that can clone every sub-repository at once so you have the full project on your machine. To get started, you clone this hub, run the provided script to pull in all the sub-repositories, and then follow the setup instructions in whichever sub-repository you actually need, since each one covers its own environment, build, and run steps. There is also a separate documentation website with more system level information. The project is a collaborative effort built by a team of students and mentors across mechanical, electrical, communication, and motion control disciplines, with acknowledged support from named contributors and a sponsor. The code in this hub repository is released under the MIT License, though the various sub-repositories may use different licenses, so it is worth checking each one individually before reuse. The project welcomes outside contributions, including bug reports, feature requests, and documentation improvements, and has a security policy for reporting vulnerabilities.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Explain what each MOS-9 sub-repository (hardware, deploy, IPC, AMP) is responsible for.
Prompt 2
Help me write a script that clones and updates all MOS-9 sub-repositories.
Prompt 3
Summarize the contribution guidelines for the MOS-9 project.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is mos-9-open-source-humanoid-robot?

A central hub linking all the sub-projects behind MOS-9, an open source humanoid robot built for RoboCup Kid-Size competitions.

What language is mos-9-open-source-humanoid-robot written in?

Mainly Shell. The stack also includes Shell, MATLAB.

What license does mos-9-open-source-humanoid-robot use?

The code in this hub is MIT licensed, free to use, modify, and distribute, but sub-repositories may carry different licenses.

How hard is mos-9-open-source-humanoid-robot to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1day+ to a first successful run.

Who is mos-9-open-source-humanoid-robot for?

Mainly researcher.

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