iCub

The iCub is a small-size humanoid robot being designed by the RobotCub Consortium, consisting of several European universities. The main goal of this platform is to study cognition through the implementation of biological motivated algorithms. The project is open-source - both the hardware design and the software are freely available. 
 
Technical description (including software and hardware components) of the robot is available on http://eris.liralab.it/wiki/Manual. 
Following videos demonstrate the research IAS Group is performing on the iCub in the fields of imitation learning and cognitive perception: