TALOS
Torque-controlled full-size humanoid sold by PAL Robotics as a platform for whole-body control and dynamic locomotion research in industry and academia.
| Maker | PAL Robotics |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| First shown | 2017 |
| Status | Research platform |
| Height | 1.75 m |
| Mass | 95 kg |
| Payload | 6 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 32 |
| Actuation | 32 high-torque brushless DC motors with torque sensing in every joint |
| Sensors | Joint torque sensors, IMU, RGB-D head camera, expandable sensor modules |
| Autonomy | ROS-based whole-body control stack supplied with the robot |
TALOS is 175 centimetres tall, weighs 95 kilograms and has 32 degrees of freedom driven by high-torque brushless DC motors, with torque sensing in every joint. That joint-level torque feedback is the point of the machine: it allows compliant whole-body control, so the robot can absorb pushes, take steps it was not commanded and lift six kilograms per arm. It ships with ROS support and an RGB-D head camera, and accepts additional sensors and hands through expansion modules. PAL sells it commercially to corporate and university laboratories.
Of note
- Torque sensing in every joint enables compliant whole-body control
- Sold commercially to industrial and academic robotics laboratories
- Supplied with a ROS software stack and modular sensor expansion
Maker: pal-robotics.com