NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA centre run by Caltech whose robotics section built ATHLETE, Tri-ATHLETE, the LEMUR climbers and RoboSimian.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 55 machines
- First robot
- 2005Latest 2022
- Headquarters
- PasadenaCalifornia, USA
- Can I buy one?Not on sale yetPrototype, pilot or research robots only
- Who uses it?3 robot models in useField-tested on an ice rink, a ski resort, JPL's Mars Yard and Athabasca Glacier, Canada…
- What is new?2024-01-03EELS tested on Athabasca Glacier
Robots
5 robot models shown in public, from 2005 to 2022. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Machines 5 machines
- Research
EELSExobiology Extant Life SurveyorNot for sale yetSupervised - Retired
RoboSimianNo longer soldSupervised - Research
LEMUR 3FreeclimberNot for sale yetSupervised - Research
Tri-ATHLETEATHLETE second generationNot for sale yetSupervised - Research
ATHLETEAll-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial ExplorerNot for sale yetSupervised
Who uses it
Customers and deployments reported for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's robots. Each robot's page links its sources.
- EELS2022 · Research
Field-tested on an ice rink, a ski resort, JPL's Mars Yard and Athabasca Glacier, Canada (2022-2023).
- RoboSimian2013 · Retired
Ran the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals course on 5 June 2015.
- ATHLETE2005 · Research
Two identical first-generation prototypes were built in 2005; JPL says one remains operational.
What is new
The latest stories about NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's robots, newest first.
- EELS tested on Athabasca Glacier The Rocky Mountain Goat · EELS
- JPL trains snake robot for rough terrain Interesting Engineering · EELS
- EELS put to the test at JPL SolarDaily (JPL release) · EELS
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Headquarters
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Funding
- NASA; DARPA (RoboSimian)
Similar makers
Other makers of machines, starting with those in United States.
Sources
2 sources behind this page.
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