Hannover Messe 2026 (April 2026)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇩🇪 KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7
KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab · Germany · unveiled 2024
research
task-autonomous
electric
data confidence: medium
Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%92.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%27.4
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%46.5
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%30.0
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
Latest entry in KIT's 25-year-old ARMAR research lineage; dual-arm mobile humanoid on a holonomic wheeled base rather than bipedal legs, aimed at household/care settings.
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.
automatica 2025 (Munich, June 2025)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
1st euROBIN Coopetition (Nancy, November 2024)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Robotics Institute Germany (RIG) demonstrator
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
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
170.0 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
70.0 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.
Payload
2.0 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
32 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
4 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.
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
wheeled-base
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
Multi-PC cluster running Linux; hands with FPGAs for on-finger CNN inference
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
ArmarX; LLM agents (ROSA, AutoGPT+P), Episodic Memory Verbalization, imitation learning
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
task-autonomous
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.
KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with Unitree H1-2 →ARMAR-7 is a humanoid robot from KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab in Germany, and it is a research platform. It scores 40.0 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 111th of 156.
On the leaderboard it sits between Unitree H1-2 (HMX 40.1) and Noetix E1 (HMX 39.7).
Against the 156 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is autonomy & intelligence (92.0 against a median of 70.0) and its clearest weakness is commercial readiness & deployment (30.0 against 67.0).
By the published specifications, it carries less payload than 90% of the 97 other humanoid robots publishing a payload (2 kg).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. 4 deployment claims are 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://h2t.iar.kit.edu/397.php
- https://www.originofbots.com/robot/armar-7-by-karlsruhe-institute-of-technology-kit-details-specifications-rating
- https://www.originofbots.com/news/humanoid-robot-armar-7-masters-learning-from-human-demonstration
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7
How much does the KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7 cost?
KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab has not published a price for the KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7, and none is estimated here.
What are the KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7's specs?
Published specifications: payload 2 kg, degrees of freedom 32, degrees of freedom per hand 4, height 170 cm, weight 70 kg. Not published: speed and runtime.
Is the KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7 autonomous?
The KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7 has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7 compare to the Unitree H1-2?
On the HMX, the KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7 scores 40.0 and the Unitree H1-2 40.1. The KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7 leads on autonomy & intelligence and manipulation & dexterity; the Unitree H1-2 leads on hardware & engineering and commercial readiness & deployment.
Who makes the KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7?
The KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab ARMAR-7 is made by KIT High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab, in Germany.
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Change history · 1 applied update
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Spec update Update ARMAR-7
ai_model: ArmarX cognitive software architecture; learning-from-human-demonstration → ArmarX; LLM agents (ROSA, AutoGPT+P), Episodic Memory Verbalization, imitation learning; onboard_compute: — → Multi-PC cluster running Linux; hands with FPGAs for on-finger CNN inference; payload_kg: — → 2; deployments: → Hannover Messe 2026 (April 2026), automatica 2025 (Munich, June 2025), 1st euROBIN Coopetition (Nancy, November 2024), Robotics Institute Germany (RIG) demonstrator2026-08-23T01:04:56+00:00 · by agent-bulk
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.