Roboticists and robots from the IIT – Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) will be in Nancy, France, to attend the 23rd IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics – HUMANOIDS 2024, running from Friday November 22 until Sunday 24 November
Humanoid avatars, quadrupeds, cognitive humanoids, robotic prosthetic foot, soft robotic technologies inspired by elephants and other robotic systems will showcase their abilities at IIT’s big exhibition area, where young researchers will also find an information corner about open positions and PhD opportunities at IIT.
The IIT robotics community consists of 567 people, working in the dedicated 10,000-square-meter Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS) and additional laboratories at Center for Human Technologies (CHT), both based in Genoa, Italy. In total 14 principal investigators conduct research in robotics supported by 4 advanced well-equipped facilities, including mechanical workshops and the iCub tech facility.
Several IIT researchers have received significant European funding, including European Research Council (ERC) grants, to support advanced research in robotics.
During the years, IIT robotics achievements have been featured in several news media in different countries, such as Reuters, CNN, BBC, the Economist, New Scientist, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, der Spiegel, Geo, Science&Vie, IEEE Spectrum, Usa Today, Popular Science and so on.
Additionally, some of IIT’s robotic systems competed in prestigious international challenges – among them the DARPA Robotics Challenge (Los Angeles, 2015), the ANA Avatar XPrize (Los Angeles, 2022), and Cybathlon (Zurich, 2024)- where they were recognized for their advanced and innovative features.
In IIT’s exhibition area, attendees will see: the humanoid robot iCub and how researchers use its abilities to investigate human-robot interaction; the humanoids ergoCub, AlterEgo, and R1 interacting with the public; the quadruped robot VERO caring for the environment; the soft foot prosthesis SoftFootPro that adapts to various terrains; a vision system that mimics human eye and brain function; and bio-inspired soft technologies for future universal grippers.
