Spain · Commercial · 
Summary
TALOS is PAL Robotics' full-size biped humanoid robot for advanced research (locomotion, manipulation, balance, whole-body control) supplied to European research programmes.
Identity
Status
Commercial
Category
Humanoid
Type
Humanoid
Function
Study robotics
Audience
Research labs
Physical
HEIGHT
175cm
WEIGHT
95kg
PAYLOAD
6kg/arm extended
Performance
BATTERY
1080 Wh
Other
ENDURANCE
1.5h walking, 3h standby
Video
Capabilities
CLAIMED (26 Mar 2024) — Bipedal walking: Advanced Navigation documented PAL Robotics' use of Orientus IMU/AHRS in TALOS and Kangaroo humanoid locomotion work, used for humanoid balance and locomotion.
Height — ranked across 105 Humanoid platforms · this robot ranks #27
Weight — ranked across 88 Humanoid platforms · this robot ranks #7
Payload — ranked across 69 Humanoid platforms · this robot ranks #39
Comparable systems — same status tier
Other systems from PAL Robotics
Context & Benchmark
Comparable systems: TORO (DLR), Haribit (Haribit), SA01 (EngineAI), HUBO2 (Rainbow Robotics), E1 (Noetix Robotics), MagicBot Z1 (MagicLab). Related systems: MenteeBot (Mentee Robotics), H1 (Unitree), MagicBot Gen1 (MagicLab), G1 (Unitree), Booster T1 (Booster Robotics), Figure 03 (Figure AI).
Timeline
PARTNERSHIP (26 Mar 2024) — 'PAL Robotics integrates Advanced Navigation Orientus into humanoid robots': part of PAL Robotics' broader AI/HRI research including EU projects such as PERSEO (Personalized Robotics as Service Oriented applications, European Training Network).
Research
PAPER (01 Jun 2023) — 'Practical whole-body elasto-geometric calibration of a humanoid robot: Application to the TALOS robot': applies whole-body elasto-geometric calibration methods to the TALOS humanoid robot; named evaluation platform is TALOS from PAL Robotics.
Resources
Image/video: TALOS whole-body control exercise (official PAL Robotics image, multi-contact pose) + video. Documents: 'TALOS technical specifications' (OFFICIAL datasheet PDF, dimensions/DoF/payload/sensors/communication/simulation support); 'TALOS robot ROS repository' (OFFICIAL developer docs, Apache-licensed ROS 2 metapackage/launch repo); 'TALOS simulation packages' (OFFICIAL developer docs, Apache-licensed ROS 2 simulation repo); 'TALOS MoveIt configuration' (OFFICIAL developer docs, motion-planning config); 'TALOS tutorials' (OFFICIAL developer docs, public tutorial repo).
Deployments
CUSTOMER SITE (07 Nov 2018) — University of Waterloo RoboHub: PAL Robotics TALOS joined RoboHub as an experimental platform for control, planning, industrial automation and human-robot interaction research. Environment: Canada. Product/scope: 1 TALOS humanoid at Waterloo RoboHub.