iRonCub: A Humanoid Robot Designed to Fly Like Iron Man

September 30, 2025

, By IEEE Spectrum

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One of the robotics projects that I’ve been most excited about for years now is iRonCub, from Daniele Pucci’s Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence Lab at IIT in Genoa, Italy. Since 2017, Pucci has been developing a jet propulsion system that will enable an iCub robot (originally designed to be the approximate shape and size of a five year old child) to fly like Iron Man.

Over the summer, after nearly 10 years of development, iRonCub3 achieved liftoff and stable flight for the first time, with its…

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iRonCub: A Humanoid Robot Designed to Fly Like Iron Man

September 30, 2025

, Published By IEEE Spectrum

One of the robotics projects that I’ve been most excited about for years now is iRonCub, from Daniele Pucci’s Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence Lab at IIT in Genoa, Italy. Since 2017, Pucci has been developing a jet propulsion system that will enable an iCub robot (originally designed to be the approximate shape and size of a five year old child) to fly like Iron Man.

Over the summer, after nearly 10 years of development, iRonCub3 achieved liftoff and stable flight for the first time, with its…

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