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galgotias university, greater noida

physical ai & robotics lab.

don't just program robots. build them.

physical ai[ photo coming ]
bays
05
systems
12
installed
07
planned
05

01 — why it is built this way

most robotics education hands you a finished platform and an sdk. you learn the api, you run the demo, you never once see under the shell. galgotias university went the other way.

rather than relying on off-the-shelf platforms, the university has invested in building an open-source physical ai ecosystem from the ground up. students design custom hardware, develop actuators, build embedded electronics, integrate sensors, implement ai perception, and engineer complete robotic systems from first principles.

the point of doing it the hard way is that you end up understanding every layer of an intelligent machine — from the metal to the autonomy. innovators, not users.

what is in the room

05 bays
installed — on the floor nowplanned — not here yetfigures are equipment values in usd.
01

nvidia lab

01 system

the compute floor. training, simulation, and everything too heavy to run on a laptop.

  • nvidia dgx h200

    training & simulation compute

    $1,000,000 usdinstalled
02

amr lab

01 system

autonomous mobile robots — navigation, slam, and the unglamorous business of not hitting things.

  • autonomous mobile robot

    1 unit

    $8,000 usdinstalled
03

ugv lab

01 system

unmanned ground vehicles. rougher terrain, teleop, and outdoor autonomy.

  • unmanned ground vehicle

    $3,000 usdinstalled
04

robotic arm lab

02 systems

manipulation. kinematics, control, and grasping things that were not designed to be grasped.

  • robotic arm

    6 degrees of freedom

    $1,000 usdinstalled

  • openarm

    14 degrees of freedom

    $6,000 usdinstalled
05

humanoid lab

07 systems

bipeds, hands, and the drivetrain parts that make them move. the deepest end of the lab.

  • open source humanoid, miniature

    $2,500 usdinstalled

  • open source humanoid

    around 2 units

    ! unit count and whether the figure is per-unit still to be confirmed

    $15,000 usdinstalled

  • open source humanoid, third platform

    tbdplanned

  • harmonic reducers

    $8,000 usdplanned

  • actuators

    to be purchased

    around $8,000 usdplanned

  • open source quadruped

    to be purchased

    $15,000 usdplanned

  • open source programmable hand

    to be purchased

    $4,000 usdplanned

this is the room.

buildspace is the crew that turns up to use it. season 01 is the first cohort — applications open soon, so start deciding what you'd build here.

peek the application→

bring something you want to take apart.