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iCub 3
意大利技术研究院
IIT's open-source child-sized humanoid, now a full-body avatar for tele-existence research.
PrototypeVerified Last verified 31 Oct 2026
Height105 cm
Degrees of freedom53
Arm payload—
Top speed—
Battery life—
Starting pricePrice on request
What it is
iCub 3 is the latest generation of the iCub open-source humanoid developed at IIT in Genoa. At about 105 cm and 33 kg it is sized like a five-year-old child and provides 53 degrees of freedom, sensitive skin and torque-controlled legs. Its 2022 avatar system let an operator in Genoa embody the robot in Venice, roughly 290 km away, using VR and haptic feedback.
Highlights
01Open-source hardware and software (GPL), with 40+ robots in labs worldwide.
0253 degrees of freedom at 105 cm and 33 kg with battery.
03Full-body capacitive tactile skin with more than 3,000 sensors.
042022 avatar demonstration linked Genoa and Venice, about 290 km apart.
05Legs use elastic actuators for human-like walking.
The numbers
Body
| Height | 105 cm |
|---|---|
| Weight | 33 kg |
| Form factor | Compact |
Motion & power
| Locomotion | Bipedal |
|---|---|
| Degrees of freedom | 53 |
| Actuators | Zero-backlash electric joints with series-elastic actuators in the legs. |
Compute, sensing & hands
| Compute | Intel i7, 4 GB RAM and 32 GB SSD running Ubuntu with YARP and ROS interfaces. |
|---|---|
| Sensing | Two eye cameras, stereo microphones, IMU, six 6-axis force/torque sensors and 3,000+ tactile sensors. |
| Hands | Nine-DOF hands with 19 coupled joints. |
Platform & deployment
| Availability | Prototype |
|---|
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