Trump admin pushing hard on U.S. robotics and advanced manufacturing. Exactly the kind of tailwind decentralized players like Forma Robotics were built for: open-source arms, pay-per-task RaaS, nodes staked and operated by anyone in the U.S. or worldwide. No gatekeepers, no

Another view of this pick-and-place pipeline running on the Franka arm ($30k range). As we approach the Forma Arm release (~$1k range), we’re ramping up simulations and training so that the moment the Forma Arm is out, the full Forma Framework drops alongside it!

Quick robotics design principle: in most robotic arms, the base joints (1–3) need massive torque to handle heavy payloads and long lever arms, while the wrist/end joints (4–6) see much lower loads thanks to shorter links - so they can prioritize speed and agility over raw power.

Just pushed two fresh parts to the GitHub repo. Forma Arm is getting seriously close to done now! Super excited about how this is coming together. Big thanks to everyone following along and cheering us on. More updates soon! Repo: github.com/FormaRobotics/…

I’ve seen a few wondering about how the lid locks in at the end of each joint. The answer is simple: It uses a clearance fit. There’s a 0.5 mm gap, and the outer edge is drafted 2 degrees and filleted by 1 mm (the fillet just helps it slide in more easily). Also the wall is

Quick update from the trenches: Just wanted to give a quick update on what we've been heads-down building lately. We've already been putting a ton of work into the X402 integration with our Forma RaaS repository, and things are really starting to come together nicely. Over the

This is seriously cool! Unitree is opening up their humanoid robots so anyone can develop and share custom skills or movement policies. Then, if you own the robot, you can just browse the "app store," find something awesome, and install it with one click. Game-changer for rapid

This is really interesting, and honestly the “programming” part isn’t the takeaway here. What matters is the interface shift: you describe what you want, and the system figures out how to make it happen. Spoken language becomes the entry point, everything else is handled by the

The biggest bottleneck for General Purpose Robots isn’t hardware. It’s data. Robotic arms are already strong enough, precise enough, and cheap enough to be everywhere. Torque, repeatability, sensors, compute — all of that is improving fast. What isn’t improving at the same rate

A lot of work has been happening behind the scenes. We have been building the Forma RaaS Control Interface, designed to control and visualize Forma Arm and other 6-DoF robotic arms in real time. This will be released soon as a major update to the Forma ecosystem.

Always good to see real work recognized. Building practical robotics at the intersection of AI and real-world automation - focused on shipping, not hype. Appreciate the review and verification.

Industrial robots and 3D printing are growing faster than the broader economy. The next phase isn’t just more machines - it’s new deployment models like Robotics-as-a-Service that turn this growth into accessible infrastructure.

Musk pinning this says a lot. Those building with robots and automation know exactly where the future is headed.

Next week 👀

Ongoing work continues on X402 within the Forma RaaS ecosystem. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be rolling out a series of updates to the GitHub repo as things come together: github.com/FormaRobotics/…