isento GmbH · education humanoid
pib
printable intelligent bot
An open-source, 3D-printable upper-body humanoid with a screen face, moving head, arms and hands, whose CAD files, parts lists and code are public; version 4 added a sound-locating microphone array. It began as a side project of a Nuremberg IT firm around 2020 and has a community of about 1,800 to 2,000 builders; 2024 is the earliest dated public showing found (didacta Cologne).
- Price
- —Free open-source build files; ready-made kits and a pib.Pro version are sold separately
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Won the German Design Award 2025 and German Innovation Award 2025.
Real-world use
Used in German schools (pib@school) and a University of Erlangen-Nuremberg teaching seminar.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2024-02
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
isento GmbHCompanyPublic attention
How much public attention pib (printable intelligent bot) 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
- dexterous
- Movement
- Stationary
From the maker
pib (printable intelligent bot) is the only humanoid from isento GmbH in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedFree open-source build files; ready-made kits and a pib.Pro version are sold separately
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | pib (printable intelligent bot)isento GmbH |  Adam-UPNDboticsSame job: research · Both fixed in place · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-02 | 2025-07-26 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | 177 cm |
| Weight | — | 61 kg |
| Joints | — | 31 |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | — | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | — | $45,000 |
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