Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Commercial Research T1
Overview
The iCub project, led by IIT and collaborators, provides a research-grade humanoid robot platform used in embodied AI and cognition research. The project site describes the robot and its role as a lab companion with worldwide collaboration. This is included as an organization (research institute) rather than a commercial startup.
Robot & Capabilities
Program iCub
Type Bipedal
Target Use Cases Research
Evidence & Demos
Stage Evidence Official project site markets iCub as research-grade humanoid for embodied AI and robotics labs. (Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICub, https://icub.iit.it/)
Data Provenance
Scope Confidence High
Data Confidence Med
Last Verified 2026-01-08
Primary Sources