HumanoidPAL Robotics2021ES
Kangaroo
Research biped/humanoid with custom linear actuators and configurable arms (14-40 DOF), 1.6 m and 50-65 kg.
Difficulty index
9.0/13| Class | humanoid | +5 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | unknown · midpoint | +1.5 |
| DOF | unknown · midpoint | +1.5 |
| Parts | unknown · midpoint | +1 |
Top of the ladder. This robot lives on the humanoid domains.
humanoidrobots.systems/pal/kangaroo ↗
Full spec sheet and comparisons
humanoidrobot.build/pal/kangaroo
Closed hardware. Buy link only.
humanoidrobots.training/pal/kangaroo ↗
Simulate and train policies
Specimen photographs
2 itemsSpec card
5/13 known- Height
- 160 cm
- Battery
- 976 Wh
- Actuators
- custom linear actuators with integrated force sensors
- Compute
- 2x Intel i7 PCs, optional NVIDIA Jetson
- Sensors
- 4x RGB-D, 1 kHz IMU, optional F/T sensors
Not in the registry: degrees of freedom, mass, payload, speed, runtime, price, bom total, part count. Left blank rather than guessed.
What you learn building it
- +Whole-body control
- +Dozens of actuators on one bus
- +Balance and fall handling
- +Safe bring-up of a full-size machine
- +Testing in simulation (URDF/MJCF) before touching hardware
Openness
- not publicCAD
- not publicBOM
- not publicFirmware
- publicSim model
- publicSoftware
- not publicPolicies
Score 30/100 computed from what is public: CAD 25, BOM 20, sim 20, firmware 15, software 10, policies 10. Software license: Apache-2.0.
Repos & models
Build it
Closed hardware. Buy link only.humanoidrobot.build/pal/kangaroo · Closed hardware. Buy link only.
Simulate
Load it in the browser simulator and train a policy before building.
Open on humanoidrobots.training ↗Next rung
None. This is the top. Find people building it on humanoidrobots.team.
This is the top of the ladder.
NoteMass 50-65 kg and DOF 14-40 depend on configuration (6 DOF/leg, 2 torso, 4/5/7-DOF arms). Unveiled 2021, commercially available 2024 (first unit to TU Wien).
Sources
- [1]PAL Kangaroo pagechecked 2026-09-24
- [2]Mike Kalilchecked 2026-09-24