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Iggy Rob
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CommercialGermany

igus GmbH · industrial humanoid

Iggy Rob

A low-cost wheeled humanoid built from igus parts: two six-axis ReBeL cobot arms with four-finger bionic hands, a head with a display face, and a ReBeL Move mobile base with lidar and 3D cameras.; Arm payload is 2 kg each

Price
$54,500Cheaper than 24%
Height
170 cmTaller than 59%
Weight
101 kgHeavier than 84%
Payload
2 kgCarries more than 8%
Speed
—Not published
Battery
8 hRuns longer than 75%

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Why it matters

Iggy Rob is on the market today.

Real-world use

No named customers; igus plans to use it in-house to place components in injection-moulding machines and pitches reception, transport and canteen work.

Timeline

First shown
2025-04-29
Released
2025-05
igus press release introducing Iggy Rob

Maker

igus GmbHCompany · founded 1964 · Cologne, Germany

Privately held, 100% family owned.

How it stacks up

Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: speed, joints.

What it has been shown doing

We checked public videos and press for Iggy Rob and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.

Public attention

A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page

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What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Wheeled base
Actuators & motors
Two ReBeL-6DOF-03 cobot arms built from igus motion-plastics parts; 664 mm reach, 2 kg payload per arm, up to 45 degrees per second.
Hands
Bionic four-fingered hands (based on the igus ReBeL Hand); igus also lists a suction pad with CobotPump and a ReBeL gripper as tool options.
Sensors & vision
Lidar plus 3D cameras in the chest and in the mobile base for navigation and object detection.
Battery & power
Up to 8 hours per charge, then returns to its charging station.
Materials & build
Built largely from igus motion-plastics components; total weight 101 kg.
AI & software
igus Robot Control (iRC), free simulation software that runs without hardware; ROS 2 interface through the AMR; VDE 5050 approved for fleet management. igus has not said which AI functions it uses.
Other details
Rides on the ReBeL Move Pro AMR base (three-point bearing, up to 100 kg payload); works on flat floors and lifts but cannot climb stairs. A display in the head shows a virtual face. CE certified. 'Test before invest' on-site trials offered.

Named suppliers:ROS (Open Robotics)igus

From the maker

Iggy Rob is the only humanoid from igus in the atlas.

Watch Iggy Rob

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Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
$54,500EUR 47,999 list price
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
Not disclosed.
Sold or delivered
Offered for sale at EUR 47,999; unit sales not disclosed.
Where it is sold or used
igus, Cologne, Germany
Customers and pilots
No named customers; igus plans to use it in-house to place components in injection-moulding machines and pitches reception, transport and canteen work.

News

The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. igus shows low-cost humanoid for industry

    heise reported igus's wheeled Iggy Rob at EUR 47,999, with two cobot arms, four-finger hands and about eight hours of runtime.

    heise online
  2. igus introduces Iggy Rob

    igus launched Iggy Rob, a 1.7 m humanoid on its ReBeL Move base priced under EUR 50,000 for industrial and service tasks.

    igus

Side by side with its peers

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Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

igus press igus Introduces Iggy Rob: An Affordable Humanoid Robot for Industrial and Service Applications igus iggyRob product page heise online German plastics manufacturer shows humanoid robot for industrial applications

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