Humanoid Lab

Research Labs

University robotics labs, institutes and national research centers publishing the humanoid, manipulation and locomotion research the industry builds on.

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UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute

Research Labs

UC San Diego institute coordinating robotics research across engineering and cognitive science, including human-centered and safe autonomy work.

contextualrobotics.ucsd.edu

AIST

Research Labs

Japan's national research institute whose robotics work includes the HRP humanoid series and the Choreonoid and OpenRTM software tools.

aist.go.jp

Franka Robotics

Cobots & Industrial Robots

Munich maker of the Franka research and industrial arm, popular in university manipulation labs for its torque sensing at every joint.

franka.de

Northwestern Center for Robotics and Biosystems

Research Labs

Northwestern center researching haptics, human-robot physical interaction and the mechanics of assistive and rehabilitation devices.

robotics.northwestern.edu

EPFL Biorobotics Laboratory

Research Labs

Swiss lab studying animal locomotion and building biomimetic robots such as salamander and quadruped platforms to test the science.

biorob.epfl.ch

X-Humanoid (Beijing Innovation Center of Human Robotics)

Humanoid & General-Purpose Robot Makers

Beijing innovation center developing humanoid platforms and shared embodied-AI infrastructure with public and industry backing.

x-humanoid.com

University of Washington Personal Robotics Lab

Research Labs

Seattle lab researching robots that physically assist people, including robot-assisted feeding and manipulation around humans.

personalrobotics.cs.washington.edu

Columbia Robotic Manipulation and Mobility Lab

Research Labs

Columbia University lab researching robot hands, manipulation and assistive robotics.

roam.me.columbia.edu

Pollen Robotics

Humanoid & General-Purpose Robot Makers

French maker of Reachy, an open-source humanoid robot for research and developers. The company is now part of Hugging Face.

pollen-robotics.com

Tencent Robotics X

Robotics Software & AI

Tencent's robotics lab, publishing work on legged robots, dexterous manipulation and an embodied-intelligence platform.

roboticsx.tencent.com

Oregon State Dynamic Robotics and AI Lab

Research Labs

Oregon State lab whose bipedal robots Cassie and Digit came out of research on efficient, agile legged locomotion.

mime.oregonstate.edu

University of Tokyo JSK Robotics Laboratory

Research Labs

Japanese lab with a long history of musculoskeletal and life-sized humanoid robots and whole-body motion research.

jsk.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

UT Austin Human Centered Robotics Laboratory

Research Labs

University of Texas lab researching whole-body control and humanoid systems designed to work safely around people.

sites.utexas.edu

Harvard Biodesign Lab

Research Labs

Harvard lab developing soft wearable robots and exosuits that assist walking and arm movement for rehabilitation.

biodesign.seas.harvard.edu

Johns Hopkins Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics

Research Labs

Johns Hopkins robotics center known for medical and surgical robotics, sensing and human-machine collaboration.

lcsr.jhu.edu

Yale GRAB Lab

Research Labs

Yale lab studying grasping and dexterous manipulation, and the source of the open-source Yale OpenHand designs.

eng.yale.edu

Mimic Robotics

Robotics Software & AI

ETH Zurich spinoff teaching robot hands dexterous tasks from human demonstration for industrial work.

mimicrobotics.com