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H2T - High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab

Germany

Asfour leads the Robotics Institute Germany (RIG), a national initiative federating German robotics research, with dedicated Physical AI events in 2025-2026.

Updated 2026-07-10 · Last verified 2026-07-10

AffiliationKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics
CountryDE
TypeAcademic
Research areashumanoid robots, grasping, mobile manipulation, learning from human observation
Flagship contributionDevelops the ARMAR humanoid family since 1998, with the latest ARMAR-7 generation able to autonomously perform everyday household tasks such as emptying a dishwasher or folding laundry.
Key peopleTamim Asfour (Full Professor, directeur du H2T, porte-parole du Robotics Institute Germany, IEEE Fellow depuis janvier 2026)
Open outputsArmarX (architecture logicielle cognitive open source), Master Motor Map (format de capture de mouvement), Simox, IVT, RobotEditor, et datasets KIT Human Motion Database, KIT Motion-Language Dataset et Bimanual Actions Dataset.
CityKarlsruhe

Sources : KIT H2T (2026-07)KIT H2T (2026-07)Robotics Institute Germany (2026-01)

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