Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (H2T, High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab) · research humanoid
ARMAR-7
The newest robot in KIT's ARMAR family, built to help older people at home and in care facilities: two torque-controlled 8-DoF arms, 4-DoF underactuated hands with a camera in each palm, a 3-DoF head and a 2-DoF hip and knee on a three-omniwheel base. It takes spoken or gestured requests and has emptied dishwashers and sorted laundry in demos.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
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- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A research humanoid from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (H2T, Tamim Asfour).
Real-world use
Shown doing household tasks at Hannover Messe in April 2026 and slated for care-facility trials under KIT's JuBot project.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2024-06
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (H2T, High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab)University lab · founded 2009 · Karlsruhe, GermanyPublic university (budget about EUR 1.16 billion, 2023); ARMAR-III funded by the DFG SFB 588 programme, ARMAR-6 by the EU SecondHands project,…
Public attention
How much public attention ARMAR-7 gets, from open data.
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- dexterous
- Movement
- Wheeled base
Lineage
Every Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (H2T, Tamim Asfour) humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- 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. How we choose
| Measure | ARMAR-7Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (H2T, Tamim Asfour) |  ByteMiniByteDance SeedSame job: home · Both on wheels · Both research platforms | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useAIREC (Dry-AIREC)Waseda University / JST Moonshot programSame job: care · Both on wheels · Both research platforms |
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| First shown | 2024-06 | 2025-07 | 2025-02 |
| Status | Research | Research | Research |
| Height | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | 150 kg |
| Joints | — | 22 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | 10 h | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
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