🔬 Government#48 Genoa, Italy· Est. 2006
Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) — Humanoid Robots
Creator of iCub — the world's most widely used open-source humanoid research platform, now at 40+ labs worldwide. IIT's Ergocub is the industrial humanoid for factory use.
humanoid robotsiCubsoft robotswearable exoskeletonschild-sized robots
Notable achievements
iCub (40+ units at research labs worldwide), Ergocub industrial humanoid, R1 service robot, soft robot hands, open-source humanoid platform pioneer.
Notable work
iCubErgocubR1 service robot
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
OTHER
📊 606 cites
The iCub humanoid robot: An open-systems platform for research in cognitive development
Giorgio Metta, Lorenzo Natale, Francesco Nori +9 more
2010
MANIPULATION
📊 551 cites
The iCub humanoid robot
Giorgio Metta, Giulio Sandini, David Vernon +2 more
2008
MANIPULATION
📊 412 cites
Methods and Technologies for the Implementation of Large-Scale Robot Tactile Sensors
Alexander Schmitz, Perla Maiolino, Marco Maggiali +3 more
2011
OTHER
📊 279 cites
iCub: the design and realization of an open humanoid platform for cognitive and neuroscience research
Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Giorgio Metta, Giulio Sandini +8 more
2007
OTHER
📊 248 cites
A compact soft actuator unit for small scale human friendly robots
Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Matteo Laffranchi, Bram Vanderborght +1 more
2009
LOCOMOTION
📊 247 cites
Pattern generators with sensory feedback for the control of quadruped locomotion
Ludovic Righetti, Auke Jan Ijspeert
2008