InMoov (Gael Langevin) · research humanoid
InMoov
A life-size upper-body humanoid that anyone can 3D print on a small home printer and drive with Arduino boards and MyRobotLab software. French sculptor Gael Langevin began it with a printable hand and published the files in 2012; it can see, listen, speak and move.
- Price
- $1,500Cheaper than 99%
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Described by its creator as the first open-source, 3D-printed life-size humanoid robot.
Real-world use
Built by makers, schools and labs worldwide and used as a base for prosthetic-hand work.
Timeline
- Released
- 2012
Maker
InMoov (Gael Langevin)Company · founded 2011 · FranceHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
InMoov costs less than 99% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, payload, joints, battery.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for InMoov and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention InMoov gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Stationary
- Actuators & motors
- Hobby servos driven by Arduino boards.
- Hands
- Tendon-driven 3D-printed hands; newer 'Hand i2' version announced.
- Sensors & vision
- Kinect for 3D sensing; PIR, ultrasonic, touch and finger sensors; Leap Motion support in build guides.
- Compute
- Arduino microcontrollers plus a PC running MyRobotLab.
- Materials & build
- 3D-printed plastic parts sized for a 12 x 12 x 12 cm home printer bed; i2 head adds silicone skin and facial expressions. Files under CC BY-NC.
- AI & software
- MyRobotLab, an open-source Java framework with Python bindings and a web UI, including a virtual InMoov.
- Other details
- Created by French sculptor and designer Gaël Langevin; first prosthetic-hand files published free in January 2012. Received a Maker Faire Rome award in 2013 (Boma France, undated).
Named suppliers:Microsoft (Kinect)Ultraleap
From the maker
InMoov is the only humanoid from InMoov (Gael Langevin) in the atlas.
Watch InMoov
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $1,500DIY 3D-printed robot; design files available free (Boma France, undated).
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- Built by hobbyists, schools and labs worldwide from open files; count not reported
- Sold or delivered
- not sold as a product (open-source plans)
- Where it is sold or used
- France (design); built worldwide
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | InMoovInMoov (Gael Langevin) |  Geminoid DKAalborg University with ATR, Hiroshi Ishiguro Lab and KokoroSame job: research · Both fixed in place · Both research platforms |  OceanOneStanford University (Khatib lab)Same job: research · Both fixed in place · Both research platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2012-01 | 2011-03 | 2016-04 |
| Status | Research | Research | Research |
| Height | — | 130 cm | — |
| Weight | — | 40 kg | — |
| Joints | — | 12 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | $1,500 | — | — |
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