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Robotics / Humanoid Robotics

Your Requirements

  • Ground-truth reference to validate your robot’s internal sensors or odometry.
  • Reliable 3D tracking of autonomous systems – drones, quadrupeds, mobile robots, including outdoors.
  • High-quality human motion data for teleoperation, imitation learning, and whole-body control.

Our Solutions

Ground-Truth Precision

To validate robot control systems, odometry, or control algorithms, Vicon delivers reference data with sub-millimeter accuracy. This lets you objectively verify your system’s performance, from a single robot axis to a complete sim-to-real transfer.

Human Motion Data Collection

With Xsens Link for full-body capture and MANUS Metagloves for the hands, you capture human motion in full resolution. The data can serve as a foundation for AI models or for direct teleoperation of humanoid robots.

Human-Robot Interaction

When robots and humans share the same space, precise tracking provides the foundation for safe, coordinated movement. This is essential for collaborative robotics and studies on human-robot collaboration in shared workspaces.

Seamless System Integration

All our solutions speak the language of your development environment: native ROS/ROS2 support, plus integration with MATLAB, Python, and NVIDIA platforms such as Jetson or Isaac Sim. You feed the data directly into your existing pipeline.

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Falko Eckardt
Technical Sales Manager
“Whether it’s ground-truth validation or humanoid robotics, I’ll advise you personally on the right solution for your project.”

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Recommended setup

Real-time full-body tracking

The Xsens Link suit tracks your entire body’s movements in real time at up to 240 Hz, providing training data for AI models or enabling direct teleoperation of humanoid robots. It can be used in combination with MANUS Metagloves for additional finger tracking.

Finger tracking with haptic feedback

The MANUS Metagloves Pro Haptic detect every finger movement with millimetre precision and provide real-time feedback on contact moments in the form of vibrations. They enable intuitive control of robotic hands and can be combined with full-body tracking systems from Xsens or Vicon.

Optical tracking with positional accuracy

The camera-based Vicon system is regarded as the gold standard for maximum positional accuracy. It is particularly valuable when hands are grasping objects or when people and robots share the same space. It can be used to validate motion models or as a ground-truth reference, and can be combined with MANUS Metagloves.

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Our references

Dr. Berthold Bäuml, Head of the Autonomous Learning Robots Lab, DLR

“We find prophysics to be highly competent and solution-oriented, and, above all, open to finding new, creative solutions to specialised requirements in close collaboration with us.”

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Dr. Oliver Rettig, Project Manager at RaHM-Lab, DHBW Karlsruhe

“So far, our experience of working with prophysics AG has been entirely positive. The staff are highly competent and solution-oriented."

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Prof. Davide Scaramuzza, Director of the Robotics and Perception Group, UZH

"Working with prophysics AG was a very professional, efficient and consistently friendly experience."

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Products in use

Why prophysics AG?

Cross-vendor integration

Instead of isolated, stand-alone systems, we offer you a comprehensive solution tailored to your specific needs, in which all systems from different manufacturers are precisely coordinated and work together seamlessly.

Consultancy, Training & Support

In addition to consultancy, training and support, we also offer bespoke services. These include, for example, planning your setup or integrating it into your existing software environment.

Extensive network

You’ll benefit from our extensive network of researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, who meet regularly at user meetings to exchange ideas – ensuring that practical insights and best practices are passed on directly to you.

FAQ

I’m working on humanoid robotics. Where can I find details on teleoperation and motion data collection?

On our dedicated page Humanoid Robotics – Motion Data Collection you'll find detailed information on systems, workflow, and case studies.

How does the training of humanoid robots using motion capture data work?

1. Human demonstration: Full-body and finger movements, one operator.
2. Synchronisation: Shared time base, live via UDP/DDS/SDK.
3. Retargeting: Conversion to robot kinematics, joint commands.
4. Execution & recording: Live execution & simultaneous data recording, haptic feedback.

Why use motion capture for training robots?

Motion capture provides scientifically validated motion data with unrivalled precision – a reliable foundation for efficient AI/ML training. Integration into your existing pipeline is straightforward: our systems are compatible with ROS, Unity, Unreal and other environments, and an SDK is available. Furthermore, they scale without limitation; the system is up and running in 15 minutes without any additional setup and delivers first-class data quality even under demanding conditions.

Can I integrate the data into my pipeline?

Yes, the systems are compatible with ROS, Unity, Unreal and other popular environments. An SDK is available.

Can the systems be combined?

Yes. MANUS Gloves can be integrated directly with Xsens. Vicon can be used in combination as a 3D position tracker.

Which humanoid robots can I control using the system?

In principle, any humanoid robot can be controlled.