Overview
iCub is a child-size humanoid robot capable of crawling, grasping objects, and interacting with people. It's designed as an open source platform for research in robotics, AI, and cognitive science. It features a body anatomy similar to that of a human child and is equipped with an array of sensors for seeing, hearing, and touching, making it a platform for studying cognition, locomotion, and manipulation. With 54 powered degrees of freedom, it can engage in teleoperation and has applications in research.
Key facts
- Weight
- 25 kg
Detailed specifications
Motion & kinematics4
- Hand Dof
- 9
- Dof Total
- 53
- Dof Per Arm
- 8
- Dof Per Hand
- 9
Sensors1
- Sensor Suite
- cameras, microphones, gyros, accelerometers, force/torque sensors
Compute2
- Ros Compatible
- true
- Onboard Compute
- dual-core CPU with external Ethernet interface
Other14
- Height Mm
- 1040
- Price Tier
- 150K+
- Applications
- research, teleoperation
- Sub Category
- full_bipedal
- Api Available
- true
- Datasheet Url
- https://multimedia.iit.it/asset-bank/assetfile/16926.pdf
- Pricing Model
- purchase
- Model Variants
- 1.x, 2.5, 2.7
- Company Country
- IT
- Deployment Notes
- More than 40 robots have been built so far which are available in laboratories across Europe, the US, Korea, Singapore, China, and Japan.
- Availability Status
- available
- Programming Interface
- code_ros, proprietary_app
- Additional Information
- • The iCub features a full set of skin sensors for enhanced interaction. • Variants of the iCub include different configurations and capabilities. • The robot is designed to support high-quality research in robotics. • It comes with a full set of software tools for operation and programming.
- Deployment Environment
- both
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