KIT H²T
About
About KIT H²T
KIT H²T is the High Performance Humanoid Technologies laboratory at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Its research combines humanoid robot development with perception, grasping, motion planning and learning from human observation. The laboratory develops the ARMAR family of integrated robots and ArmarX, the cognitive software architecture shared across its recent platforms.
ARMAR-7 is a wheeled assistance platform for tasks in human environments, including households and nursing facilities. Other ARMAR platforms investigate industrial assistance, hazardous-environment work and full-body humanoid control. The laboratory's robots combine anthropomorphic arms and hands with cameras, force sensing and integrated control systems. This combination supports research into spoken interaction, task learning, coordinated manipulation and transfer of methods between different robot bodies.
Products
- ARMAR-7
ARMAR-7
Team
- Tamim Asfour - Director of H²T; Professor of Humanoid Robotics Systems - Directs the High Performance Humanoid Technologies laboratory and its humanoid systems research.
Resources
Curated durable documents and official technical references.
- ArmarX developer documentation
WEB · ArmarX robotics software framework · KIT H²T
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Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-09 - Demonstration - KIT H²T demonstrates ARMAR-7 at Cyber Valley’s anniversary
The robot handed a pretzel to Baden-Württemberg Minister-President Cem Özdemir. H²T director Tamim Asfour presented the laboratory’s research and took part in the Cyber Valley Voices discussion. The ARMAR programme investigates assistance in care, households and workplaces.
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Context tags
- Humanoid research institute - Peer Group - https://h2t.iar.kit.edu/ — KIT H²T develops its own ARMAR humanoid platforms and ArmarX cognitive architecture for humanoid robotics research.
- Wheeled Humanoid Mobile Manipulator Builder - Peer Group - https://h2t.iar.kit.edu/397.php — H²T develops ARMAR-7, a human-scale wheeled assistance humanoid with two articulated arms, anthropomorphic hands and integrated ArmarX software…