Clearpath Robotics · working robot
Jackal
A small, fast, weatherproof four-wheel robot with a built-in computer, GPS and IMU that researchers use to test outdoor autonomy. It began as an affordable portable platform developed under a US Army Research Laboratory contract.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 25 cmTaller than 10%
- Weight
- 17 kgHeavier than 11%
- Payload
- 20 kgCarries more than 13%
- Speed
- 7.2 km/hFaster than 71%
- Battery
- 4 hRuns longer than 14%
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Why it matters
Jackal is on the market today.
Real-world use
Widely used in university labs; Clearpath has highlighted projects such as a UC Berkeley robot-learning system built on Jackal (2020).
Maker
Clearpath RoboticsCompany · founded 2009 · Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaUS$14M Series A (2015) and Series B (2016); acquired by Rockwell Automation in September 2023 for over US$600M
How it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Jackal is taller than 10% of the 72 other working & field robots that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Jackal is heavier than 11% of the 75 other working & field robots that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Jackal is faster than 71% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Jackal carries more than 13% of the 84 other working & field robots that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Jackal runs longer than 14% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: joints, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Jackal gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Remote-controlled. It ships to be driven with a gamepad; researchers add their own software to test outdoor autonomy, so autonomy depends on the user.
- Actuators & motors
- High-torque 4x4 electric drivetrain; top speed 2.0 m/s
- Hands
- Optional Kinova Gen3 Lite arm
- Sensors & vision
- Built-in GPS and IMU; options include SICK TiM551 lidar, 3D lidar, ZED 2 / ZED 2i and Intel RealSense D435 cameras
- Compute
- Built-in ROS-ready PC with internal space for extra computing
- Battery & power
- About 4 hours of basic use
- Materials & build
- Aluminium chassis; IP62; operates from -20 to 45 C
- AI & software
- ROS 2 (Jazzy) drivers and API
- Other details
- 20 kg payload; 5 V, 12 V and 24 V payload power
Lineage
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Where it is sold or used
- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Customers and pilots
- University research labs, e.g. UC Berkeley robot-learning work
News
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- Clearpath launches Jackal at IROS
Clearpath released the small weatherproof Jackal research robot at IROS 2014 in Chicago.
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