TALOS
TALOS is PAL Robotics' torque-controlled research humanoid launched in 2017, 175 cm tall and 95 kg with 32 DoF and 6 kg payload per arm. The first unit, named Pyrene, went to LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse. It is used for whole-body control research in Europe.
PAL Robotics press imageWe have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Commercial
- Category
- research
- First revealed
- 2017
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 175 cm
- Weight
- 95 kg
- Payload
- 6 kg
- Degrees of freedom
- 32
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric, torque-controlled joints with torque sensors
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Torque-controlled research humanoid sold to labs (LAAS-CNRS, others) since 2017.
What stands out
- Torque sensors in all joints
- 6 kg per arm payload
- First unit to LAAS-CNRS (Pyrene)
Price and volume
sold to research labs; price on request
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, TALOS sits at #66 of 107 with 34 points: deployment 14/50, autonomy 12/30, availability 8/20. See that method.
Europe's humanoids: who builds them and what you can order
31 of the 182 humanoids on record come from seven European countries. Three can be ordered, two have a price, and the dearest of those is $75,000 for a robot that does not walk.
Startups, automakers, universities: who builds humanoids
108 makers, nine kinds. Startups hold 37 of the 44 humanoids you can order. Automakers, universities, big tech, conglomerates and NASA hold 45 robots between them and sell none of them.
Other robots by PAL Robotics.
Kangaroo
Kangaroo is a PAL Robotics research biped designed for dynamic jumping and running, with actuators kept near the hips to lower leg inertia. It was shown from 2021 and is used for locomotion research.
REEM
REEM was PAL Robotics' wheeled humanoid service robot, launched in 2010 for guiding and information tasks in public spaces. It was PAL's first commercial humanoid product.
REEM-A
REEM-A was PAL Robotics' first humanoid, completed in 2005 in Barcelona as a bipedal robot that could walk and play chess. It established PAL as Europe's earliest commercial humanoid maker.
REEM-B
REEM-B, unveiled in 2008, was PAL Robotics' second biped, able to walk, climb stairs, recognise objects and carry 12 kg. It bridged the research REEM-A and the commercial wheeled REEM.
REEM-C
REEM-C, launched in 2013, is a full-size bipedal research platform from PAL Robotics with 44 degrees of freedom and ROS support, sold to universities and labs. It was Spain's first commercial full-body biped.
Sources
- 01TALOSPAL Robotics
- 02PAL RoboticsPAL Robotics
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