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Italian Institute of Technology is a robotics company founded 2003, based in Italy, developing 2 robots primarily in the Humanoid category.
Pioneering advanced robotics for disaster response, healthcare, and industrial automation with torque-controlled quadrupeds and humanoid platforms.
The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) develops cutting-edge robotics including HyQ (hydraulic quadruped), COMAN (humanoid), and iCub (child-like humanoid). These systems are used in disaster zones, healthcare facilities, and industrial settings. IIT operates primarily in Italy and collaborates globally on robotics research, focusing on torque control, soft robotics, and adaptive locomotion.
Company facts
- Legal name
- Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)
- HQ
- Genoa, Italy
- Founded
- 2003 · 23 yrs
- Employees
- 150
- Website
- icub.iit.it
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Trusted by
- Moog Inc.deployed 2019moog.com ↗
- E++ Consortiumdeployed 2016echord.eu ↗
Milestones
IIT and Moog tested HyQ-REAL pulling an airplane
E++ HyQ-REAL experiment pushed HyQ from lab to real-world applications
IIT founded qbrobotics for soft-robotics and robotic hands
Press coverage
- You can do it, robot! Watch the beefy, 4-legged HyQReal pull a plane
TechCrunch · May 2019
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