pib - humanoid robot from the 3d printer

Create Your Own Humanoid Robot

pib makes robotics and AI accessible to anyone.

Print & Build Your Own Robot

With pib, the printable intelligent bot, you can 3D print and build your own humanoid robot right at home. Designed as an open-source project, all of pib’s 3D printing files, assembly instructions, and materials lists are freely available so anyone – from students and educators to makers and robotics enthusiasts – can join the robotics revolution.

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Printing pib

You can print pib on a 3D printer

More about building pib

Person assembling a robotic hand with a screwdriver on a wooden workbench.

build a robot

You can assemble pib yourself

Hands connecting wires on a robotic arm project.

build a pib

You can wire up pib yourself

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develop your pib

You can control pib's movements yourself

Activate & Develop Your Humanoid Robot

pib isn’t just a robot, it’s an open-source humanoid platform you can activate, program and customize with a global community of makers, educators, and developers. Start with block-based programming, advance to Python coding, or explore robotics with ROS2 and AI modules. From 3D printing and CAD design to electronics and simulation, pib makes robotics accessible, affordable, and collaborative, empowering hobbyists, students, and innovators around the globe.

program your pib

You can program pib yourself

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pib.Education: A Humanoid Robot For Schools & Learning Centers

pib can be used in a wide range of learning environments, from schools and universities to media centers and makerspaces. It inspires lasting enthusiasm for future technologies while supporting self-directed, interdisciplinary learning. From 3D printing, AI and computer science to robotics, physics, design, ethics, and project management, learners gain hands-on experience and grow through their own real-world projects.

Teacher presents to students and a robot in a modern classroom.

pib.Education classroom

pib inspires teachers

More about pib.Education

Students and robot learning with a laptop and 3D printer

pib.Education learn

pib fascinates students

pib.Education build

pib fosters collaboration

Two students working on a white robot with exposed wires and a screen.

pib Inspires

pib.Partnership

Join the pib partner program and help shape the future of open-source robotics and education. Partners support local learning communities, gain visibility, access discounts and collaborate on workshops, research, and innovation in robotics, AI, and 3D printing.

Ideal for companies, research institutions, foundations, and organizations that want to actively support education and innovation.

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pib.Highlights

KI Bundesverband, FuE BSFZ 2022 and Civic Innovation Platform logos

pib Gets In Your Ears

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A Robot For Every Household

“We are on the brink of a robotic revolution. In a few years it will be possible to have a robot that is a reasonable member of a family or household.”

Jürgen Baier, founder of pib.rocks in the podcast “The Third Angle” by Onshape

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A 3D Printed Robot Inspires Students

What began as a coronavirus project is now an innovative educational project: the humanoid robot pib.

Shota Okujava, founder of pib.rocks in the NTV tech-podcast “So techt Deutschland”

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Our Vision

We believe that humanoid robots will bring about the next big changes in our society and that they will support us in our daily lives. Creating these robots is a huge task that should not be placed in individual hands. That is why pib is open and offers anyone interested the chance to shape our future together.