University of Bonn, Autonomous Intelligent Systems group (Team NimbRo) · research humanoid
NimbRo-OP2X
An adult-size, open-hardware soccer humanoid built for RoboCup 2018 as the successor to NimbRo-OP2, with more computing power, new actuators and 3D-printed gears. It stands about 1.35 m and weighs 18 kg.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 135 cmTaller than 26%
- Weight
- 18 kgHeavier than 8%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Won the RoboCup AdultSize soccer title in 2018 and again in 2023, the latter with 66 goals scored and none conceded.
Real-world use
Team NimbRo (RoboCup AdultSize champions 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
University of Bonn, Autonomous Intelligent Systems group (Team NimbRo)University lab · Bonn, GermanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
NimbRo-OP2X is taller than 26% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
NimbRo-OP2X is heavier than 8% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Runs on its ownplayed RoboCup 2018 AdultSize soccer autonomously and won the tournament · Jun 2018 · arxiv.org
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn site
Public attention
How much public attention NimbRo-OP2X gets, from open data.
- 175 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (NimbRo)
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- none
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- 34 Robotis Dynamixel XM-540-W270-R smart actuators for 18 joints (12.9 Nm stall torque, 37 rpm); parallel kinematics in the leg pitch joints and 3D-printed double-helical gear transmissions in leg roll and yaw joints.
- Sensors & vision
- Logitech C905 720p camera with 150-degree wide-angle lens, 3-axis gyroscope and accelerometer, 12-bit joint encoders and joint torque sensing.
- Compute
- Mini-ITX PC with Intel Core i7-8700T and NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti GPU (768 CUDA cores), 4 GB RAM, 120 GB SSD; Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.
- Battery & power
- 4-cell LiPo, 14.8 V 8.0 Ah, 20-40 minutes.
- Materials & build
- Whole structure 3D printed by selective laser sintering in polyamide 12 (PA12) nylon; 135 cm tall, 19 kg.
- AI & software
- Team NimbRo's open-source control and vision software, using the on-board GPU for deep-learning perception.
- Other details
- Open hardware; design changes cut estimated cost by 17% versus NimbRo-OP2, with parts priced in a similar range to a Baxter research robot.
Named suppliers:NVIDIAIntelROBOTIS (Dynamixel)
Lineage
Every University of Bonn (Autonomous Intelligent Systems group) humanoid in order.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- A few units for Team NimbRo; open-source design
- Sold or delivered
- not sold (open-source design)
- Where it is sold or used
- Bonn, Germany (with 3D-printing partner igus)
- Customers and pilots
- Team NimbRo (RoboCup AdultSize champions 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- NimbRo loses RoboCup AdultSize final to ARTEMIS
UCLA reported its ARTEMIS robots beat defending champion NimbRo 6-1 in the 2024 Eindhoven final.
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering - Extended NimbRo-OP2X paper on arXiv
Bonn's AIS group described the affordable 3D-printed adult-size platform for research use.
arXiv - NimbRo-OP2X paper published
The team detailed the 135 cm, 19 kg open-source robot with GPU computing after its RoboCup 2018 win.
arXiv
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 | NimbRo-OP2XUniversity of Bonn (Autonomous Intelligent Systems group) |  MusashiUniversity of Tokyo JSK Lab (Kento Kawaharazuka et al.)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |  KengoroUniversity of Tokyo JSK LabSame job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useJAXONUniversity of Tokyo JSK Lab (team NEDO-JSK)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |
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| First shown | 2018-06 | 2019-11 | 2016-10 | 2015-06 |
| Status | Research | Research | Research | Research |
| Height | 135 cm | — | 170 cm | 188 cm |
| Weight | 18 kg | — | 56 kg | 110 kg |
| Joints | — | — | — | 33 |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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