INAIL industrial ergonomics collaboration trials
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇮🇹 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) · Italy · unveiled 2023
research
research
electric
data confidence: medium
Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%25.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%60.0
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%81.2
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%15.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Successor to IIT's iCub research platform for ergonomic human-robot collaboration in industry; spun off a commercial venture, Generative Bionics, in 2024.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
150.0 cm
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
55.7 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
10.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
54 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
Yes
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
bipedal
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier + Intel 11th-gen i7
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
Human-aware whole-body control / ergonomic optimization research stack
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
research
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
research
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with KAIST Humanoid v0.5 →ergoCub is a humanoid robot from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy, and it is a research platform. It scores 32.7 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 134th of 156.
On the leaderboard it sits between KAIST Humanoid v0.5 (HMX 33.0) and Engineered Arts Mesmer (HMX 32.4).
Against the 156 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is hardware & engineering (81.2 against a median of 56.9) and its clearest weakness is commercial readiness & deployment (15.0 against 67.0).
By the published specifications, it has more degrees of freedom than 84% of the 116 other humanoid robots publishing a degree-of-freedom count (54).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy only in research settings. 1 deployment claim is on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 3 cited sources, as of 2026-07.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-07
- https://ergocub.eu/robot
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1109288
- https://www.therobotreport.com/from-icub-to-humanoids-generative-bionics-raises-81m/
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Frequently asked questions about the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub
How much does the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub cost?
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia has not published a price for the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub, and none is estimated here.
What are the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub's specs?
Published specifications: payload 10 kg, degrees of freedom 54, height 150 cm, weight 55.7 kg. Not published: speed, runtime and degrees of freedom per hand.
Is the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub autonomous?
The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub has demonstrated autonomy only in research settings. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub compare to the KAIST Humanoid v0.5?
On the HMX, the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub scores 32.7 and the KAIST Humanoid v0.5 33.0. The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub leads on manipulation & dexterity, hardware & engineering and commercial readiness & deployment; the KAIST Humanoid v0.5 leads on autonomy & intelligence.
Who makes the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub?
The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ergoCub is made by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, in Italy.
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Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.