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Technologies

These are the robotic technologies our hardware work is built on. Three architectures, one design principle: reach and operate where conventional manipulators cannot.

A-Bot T-Bot G-Bot

articulated technology

A-Bot

Articulated robots, and the control that moves them.

Leveraging our software technologies, we build and control articulated, long-reach robots for the most complex environments.

Integrated Actuators

Compact motors integrated within joints

Long Reach

Extended workspace for remote operations

Multi-Axis Motion

Flexible movement across multiple directions

Modular Architecture

Adaptable configuration for different applications

software in the loop

Digital twin Vibration control VR teleoperation Real-time simulation Collision detection Motion planning Sensing integration Haptic Teleoperation

Custom

Kinematic chain, end-effectors and sensors configured around your task.

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Roman articulated arm inside the RFX vessel

in the field

A-BOT was applied to Roman, the long-reach robotic arm built for Consorzio RFX in the NEFERTARI project, and to our flexible-link test-rig, developed within the LongOps programme to validate modelling and vibration-control algorithms on long, highly flexible manipulators before applying them to the robots the programme targeted: TARM at JET and the Fukushima Daiichi system. The test-rig remains an internal asset.

Cheliped Two, the blockage-removal arm in the PIPEON project, is also built on A-BOT.

Roman → LONG-OPS project → PIPEON project →

tendon driven technology

T-Bot

Precision and agility where nothing else fits.

Highly flexible and versatile robotic systems, ranging from continuous to articulated robots, actuated by tendons. Robotic solutions capable to perform industrial tasks such as inspection and manufacturing in confined and constrained spaces with precision and agility.

Dexterous

Thin, slender and a slight manipulator

Lightweight

Tendon driven system at the base link

Custom

Reconfigurable task-oriented kinematics

Multi-Tool

Ability to add many tools and sensors

sensors & tools

RGB Cam 3D Cam Ultrasonic Thermal Gripper

sizes

Three tested sizes.

Three different sizes, customizable following your application. The three arm sections below are nested and dimensioned, drawn 1:1 in millimetres.

Custom

Kinematic chain, end-effectors and sensors configured around your task.

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ø 60 mm ø 30 mm ø 20 mm
HRT20 arm ø 20 · box ø 80 mm
HRT30 arm ø 30 · box ø 160 mm
HRT60 arm ø 60 · box ø 150 mm

patent

Italian patent no. 102024000021885, the joint technology behind T-Bot. International extension through PCT.

in the field

T-BOT works today as a dexterous tool at the tip of a collaborative robot in our bonding cell, where it dispenses adhesive in very tight areas, and as a manipulator for confined spaces such as the inside of pipes: in the European project PIPEON it is the technology behind Cheliped One.

pneumatic growing technology

G-Bot

Long reach through openings nothing else passes.

Continuum pneumatic robots made of a soft body with eversion and retraction capabilities. Robotic solutions capable of delivering sensors and tools in long-reach, constrained locations, with high adaptability to the surrounding environments.

Flexible

Textile soft body for safe interactions

Lightweight

Deployable and pneumatic driven

Adaptive

Suitable for unstructured sites

Bioinspired

Inspired by naturalistic principles

sensors & tools

RGB Cam 3D Cam Ultrasonic Thermal Cable delivery

sizes

Three tested sizes.

Three different sizes, customizable following your application. HRG20 and HRG80 are drawn nested and 1:1 in millimetres below.

Custom

Custom shape, end-effectors and sensors configured around your task.

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ø 400 mm ø 80 mm ø 20 mm
HRG20 body ø 20 · box ø 250 mm
HRG80 body ø 80 · box ø 250 mm
HRG400 body ø 400 · box ø 250 mm

patent

The method and the results are published in a peer-reviewed journal.

European patent no. EP4360816, Process for designing and manufacturing an everting soft robot.

15.3%

less body material than the standard build method

7.3×

stiffer than the standard build method

81.7%

faster than manual procedure · remote inspection

68.3%

faster than manual procedure · cable delivery

Intellectual property

Protected technology, published research.

Every platform is built on granted patents and peer-reviewed work. Browse the full record of patents and publications behind Herobots robots.

Patents & publications →
Patent 2025
G-Bot European Patent
Patent N. EP4360816
Patent 2024
T-Bot Patent
Patent N. 102024000021885

Partners & clients

ENEA
UKAEA
TEPCO
Consorzio RFX
Leonardo
Haption
RACE
Sophia
Università Federico II
Regione Campania

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