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R1
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Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) · home humanoid

R1

A wheeled home-assistant humanoid with a screen face showing stylised expressions and two pincer hands lifting up to 1.5 kg; its torso extends from 125 cm to 140 cm to reach objects. Built by 22 IIT scientists with outside designers as a far cheaper sibling of iCub, it was targeted for large-scale production by the end of 2017.

Price
—IIT projected a consumer price of about 4,000-5,000 euros (2017); no confirmed retail sale found
Height
125 cmTaller than 17%
Weight
50 kgHeavier than 34%
Payload
1.5 kgCarries more than 3%
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published
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Why it matters

A prototype humanoid from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Giorgio Metta's team.

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown
2016-07-19
Released
Not yet
IIT presentation in Genoa

Maker

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)Government lab · founded 2003 · Genoa, Italy

About EUR 90 million a year from the Italian government; RobotCub received EUR 8.5 million from the European Commission

How it stacks up

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

  1. FEDOR (Skybot F-850)Android Technics (NPO Androidnaya Tekhnika) and Russia's Advanced Research Foundation · 2016182 cm
  2. Atlas (next generation)Boston Dynamics · 2016175 cm
  3. KengoroUniversity of Tokyo JSK Lab · 2016170 cm
  4. Care-O-bot 4Fraunhofer IPA and Mojin Robotics · 2015158 cm
  5. THORMANG3ROBOTIS · 2016138 cm
  6. R1Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Giorgio Metta's team · 2016125 cm
  7. EMIEW3Hitachi · 201690 cm
  8. Sanbot ElfQihan Technology · 201690 cm

R1 is taller than 17% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Height 125 cm 34 cm213 cm #254 of 306 · taller than 17%

Not published by the maker: speed, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

How much public attention R1 gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Hands
simple
Movement
Wheeled base

Lineage

Every Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Giorgio Metta's team humanoid in order.

  1. iCubiCub2008Research
  2. No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useCOMAN (COmpliant huMANoid)2012Retired
  3. WALK-MANWALK-MAN2015Research
  4. R1R12016Prototype
  5. ALTER-EGOALTER-EGO2017Pilot use
  6. iCub3iCub32022Research
  7. ergoCubergoCub2023Prototype
  8. iRonCub3iRonCub32025Research

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) also makes 3 machines. See every Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) robot

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedIIT projected a consumer price of about 4,000-5,000 euros (2017); no confirmed retail sale found
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

ANSA IIT develops humanoid robot Euronews Italian team brings household robot a step closer Reuters (via Interaksyon) Humanoid robot aims to be affordable home help

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