🇮🇹 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3
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Score breakdown
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
An experimental jet-powered flying humanoid equipped with four microjet turbines capable of controlled vertical liftoff, aerodynamic stabilization, and hover.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 iRonCub3 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with tmsuk / Kyoto Humanoid Association SEIMEI →iRonCub3 is a humanoid robot from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy, and it is at the prototype stage. It scores 16.7 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 169th of 172.
On the leaderboard it sits between tmsuk / Kyoto Humanoid Association SEIMEI (HMX 17.7) and Berkeley Humanoid (HMX 13.8).
It does not beat the category median on any machine pillar; the widest gap is autonomy & intelligence, at 20.0 against a median of 70.0.
By the published specifications, it is shorter than 87% of the 138 other humanoid robots publishing a height (125 cm).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy only in research settings. No deployment is on record.
Its specifications carry a low-confidence grade from 4 cited sources, as of 2026-09-14.
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 2026-09-14
- https://arxiv.org/html/2506.01125v1
- https://humanoid.press/database/humanoid-press-database-ironcub3/
- https://mikekalil.com/blog/ironcub3-flying-humanoid-robot/
- https://opentalk.iit.it/en/iit-demonstrates-that-a-humanoid-robot-can-fly/
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest at /robot/iit-ironcub-3/manifest.json, with a free API key · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3
How much does the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3 cost?
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia has not published a price for the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3, and none is estimated here.
What are the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3's specs?
Published specifications: height 125 cm, weight 70 kg. Not published: payload, speed, runtime, degrees of freedom and degrees of freedom per hand.
Is the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3 autonomous?
The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3 has demonstrated autonomy only in research settings. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3 compare to the tmsuk / Kyoto Humanoid Association SEIMEI?
On the HMX, the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3 scores 16.7 and the tmsuk / Kyoto Humanoid Association SEIMEI 17.7; the tmsuk / Kyoto Humanoid Association SEIMEI leads on hardware & engineering.
Who makes the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3?
The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia iRonCub3 is made by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, in Italy.
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- New model New model: iRonCub3 (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)) (confirmed facts only) 2026-09-21T05:21:22+00:00 · by agent-regrade