PAL Robotics · research humanoid
TALOS
A fully torque-controlled biped (torque sensors in every joint), 1.75 m and about 95 kg, designed for heavy industrial research tasks; payload is per arm when extended.
- Price
- —About EUR 900,000; no USD list price published
- Height
- 175 cmTaller than 73%
- Weight
- 95 kgHeavier than 82%
- Payload
- 6 kgCarries more than 34%
- Speed
- 3.0 km/hFaster than 22%
- Battery
- 1.5 hRuns longer than 9%
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Why it matters
TALOS is on the market today.
Real-world use
Used by research labs such as the University of Edinburgh, LAAS-CNRS and the University of Waterloo.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2017-03
- Released
- 2017
Maker
PAL RoboticsCompany · founded 2004 · Barcelona, SpainPrivately held; early humanoids were developed for Abu Dhabi-based Pal Technology (Gulf News, 2008); no venture rounds found
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
TALOS is taller than 73% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
TALOS is heavier than 82% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
TALOS is faster than 22% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
TALOS carries more than 34% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
TALOS has more joints than 54% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
TALOS runs longer than 9% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: price.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Climb stairsclimbed stairs up to 15 cm with no prior map, using onboard LiDAR mapping and MPC · Dec 2023 · pal-robotics.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention TALOS gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 32 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 32 high-torque brushless DC motors with torque sensing in every joint except head, wrists and grippers (PAL); the University of Edinburgh lists them as series elastic actuators.
- Hands
- Two 1-DoF grippers (customisable); each arm lifts 6 kg fully stretched.
- Sensors & vision
- Joint encoders and torque sensors, force/torque sensors at wrists and ankles, IMU (Edinburgh says with a fibre-optic gyroscope), temperature sensors and a head RGB-D camera.
- Compute
- Two Intel Core i7 computers; EtherCAT network running control loops at 2 kHz, up to 5 kHz (PAL).
- Battery & power
- 1,080 Wh lithium-ion; about 1.5 hours walking or 3 hours standby (PAL).
- AI & software
- Ubuntu LTS with real-time OS; fully ROS-based with whole-body control on ros_control, OROCOS, MoveIt! and an open-source Gazebo simulation model; optional navigation, HRI and teleoperation packages.
- Other details
- Designed for heavy industrial research tasks.
Named suppliers:ROS (Open Robotics)IntelTQ RoboDrive
Lineage
Every PAL Robotics humanoid in order.
Watch TALOS
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedAbout EUR 900,000; no USD list price published
- How to get one
- Maker's website
- Sold or delivered
- Sold to research labs; unit count not published
- Where it is sold or used
- Europe and North America (lab sites below)
- Customers and pilots
- University of Edinburgh (SLMC lab); University of Waterloo RoboHub (years not stated)
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: 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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | TALOSPAL Robotics |  DigitAgility RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2017-03 | 2019-02-19 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 175 cm | — |
| Weight | 95 kg | — |
| Joints | 32 | — |
| Speed | 3 km/h | — |
| Payload | 6 kg | 18 kg |
| Battery | 1.5 h | — |
| Price | — | — |
Sources
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