University of Bonn, Autonomous Intelligent Systems group (Team NimbRo) · research humanoid
NimbRo-OP2
A nearly 135 cm, 18 kg open-source adult-size soccer humanoid with a 3D-printed shell and Dynamixel MX-106 joints, light enough to run without a safety gantry. It is the grown-up successor of NimbRo-OP; the later NimbRo-OP2X (listed) is a separate upgrade.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 135 cmTaller than 26%
- Weight
- 18 kgHeavier than 8%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Won the RoboCup 2017 Humanoid League AdultSize soccer competition and Technical Challenge in Nagoya.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
University of Bonn, Autonomous Intelligent Systems group (Team NimbRo)University lab · Bonn, GermanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
NimbRo-OP2 is taller than 26% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
NimbRo-OP2 is heavier than 8% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
NimbRo-OP2 has more joints than 5% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention NimbRo-OP2 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- none
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 18 joints
Lineage
Every University of Bonn (Autonomous Intelligent Systems group) 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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | NimbRo-OP2University of Bonn (Autonomous Intelligent Systems group) |  KengoroUniversity of Tokyo JSK LabSame job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useJAXONUniversity of Tokyo JSK Lab (team NEDO-JSK)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |  WALK-MANIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2017-07 | 2016-10 | 2015-06 | 2015-06 |
| Status | Research | Research | Research | Research |
| Height | 135 cm | 170 cm | 188 cm | 185 cm |
| Weight | 18 kg | 56 kg | 110 kg | 120 kg |
| Joints | 18 | — | 33 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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