ETH Zurich / ANYbotics · robot dog
ALoF
An early four-legged research robot from ETH Zurich that started the lab's line of quadrupeds.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
ETH Zurich's first walking robot and the earliest ancestor of ANYmal.
Real-world use
None; lineage continued in StarlETH and ANYmal (ANYbotics, spun out in 2016)
Maker
ETH Zurich / ANYboticsCompany · founded 2016 (ANYbotics spin-off) · Zurich, SwitzerlandUS$50M Series B (May 2023)
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- How it runs
- Assisted. Researchers commanded where it went while its own controller planned the leg motions; it was trialled in an ESA lunar robotics challenge.
- Other details
- ETH Zurich's first walking robot, unveiled in 2009 after an exploratory project started by Roland Siegwart; ANYbotics describes it as the first real ancestor of ANYmal. Detailed specifications not found in sources opened.
Lineage
Every ETH Zurich machine in order.
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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
- Built
- Research prototype
- Sold or delivered
- not sold
- Where it is sold or used
- ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Customers and pilots
- None; lineage continued in StarlETH and ANYmal (ANYbotics, spun out in 2016)
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | ALoFETH Zurich |  HyQIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)Same job: research · Both walk · Both past robots | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useStarlETHETH Zurich Autonomous Systems LabSame job: research · Both walk · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | 100 cm | — |
| Weight | — | 80 kg | — |
| Joints | — | 12 | — |
| Speed | — | 7.2 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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