RESEARCH ROBOTS

Research Robots - Arms

The BionicCobot by Festo is a lightweight, pneumatic cobot with 7-DoF that mimics the human arm, with air enhancing safety and flexibility.

BionicCobot: Mimics Human Arm with Air-Powered Safety

Tasks: Production, Manual Work, Service, Maintenance, & More

Updated: Apr 21, 2024

FESTO

Country: Germany

Year created: 2017

From repair work to scientific experiments, Inchworm Robot by GITAI enhances space missions with its unique modular & cost-effective design

Inchworm Robot: Modular & Cost-Effective for Space Missions

Tasks: Maintenance, repair, & scientific experiment in space stations & satellites

Updated: Apr 28, 2024

GITAI

Country: United States of America

Year created: 2016

The light-weight robot SARA demonstrates novel functionalities in force controlled robotics for a smooth human-robot collaboration.

SARA

Tasks: human-robot collaboration, Industry 4.0 applications

Updated: Jul 14, 2023

DLR

Country: Germany

Year created: 2018

The reference world-class, force sensitive robot system that empowers researchers with easy-to-use robot features as well as with low-level access to robot´s control and learning.

FRANKA RESEARCH 3

Tasks: AI & Robotics research platform

Updated: Jul 24, 2023

FRANKA EMIKA

Country: Germany

The DLR MIRO is a versatile robotic arm for medical applications, which was in 2008 presented to the public for the first time. Optimized for various surgical interventions.

MIRO

Tasks: assist a surgeon, guiding a laser, endoscope guidance, surgery assistance

Updated: Jul 14, 2023

DLR

Country: Germany

Year created: 2008

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Research Robots - Flying & Space

NASA's Dragonfly mission: An ambitious venture using a high-tech, rotorcraft lander designed to study Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

Dragonfly: NASA's Autonomous Rotorcraft to Explore Titan

Tasks: Explore chemistry and habitability of Titan (Saturn's largest moon)

Updated: Apr 25, 2024

NASA

Country: United States of America

Year created: 2019

New repair techniques enable microscale robots to recover flight performance after suffering severe damage to the artificial muscles that power their wings.

MIT's resilient bug-sized robot

Tasks: flying after wing damage,

Updated: Jul 11, 2023

MIT

Country: United States of America

Year created: 2023

The BionicSwifts are agile, maneuverable, and can even fly loops and steep turns. Moving autonomously in a coordinated pattern by interacting with a radio-based indoor GPS system.

BionicSwift

Tasks: Safe Aerial Acrobatics in a Flock, transport materials, inspection, ....

Updated: Aug 01, 2023

FESTO

Country: Germany

Year created: 2021

A robot capable of negotiating unstructured, multi-substrate environments, including land and air, by employing its components in different ways as wheels, thrusters, and legs.

Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4)

Tasks: navigating unstructured environments, search and rescue, aerial surveying

Updated: Jul 08, 2023

Caltech, JPL, Northea…

Country: United States of America

Ardea is a Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) that has been developed from the ground up.

Ardea

Tasks: autonomous exploration, cooperation with emergency team in disasters

Updated: Jul 14, 2023

DLR

Country: Germany

Year created: 2016

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Research Robots - Underwater & Aquatic

From scientific research to surveys—discover how BlueBoat by BlueRobotics is changing the game in marine robotics through its affordable, high-tech, and compact design.

BlueBoat: Navigating the Waters with Ease and Affordability

Tasks: Hydrographic Surveys, Robotics System Development, Scientific Research

Updated: May 14, 2024

Blue Robotics

Country: United States of America

Year created: 2023

Autonomous underwater construction system with active ballasting, capable of building structures with cement blocks.

First Free-Floating Autonomous Underwater Construction Robot

Tasks: Cement block transport, Autonomous underwater construction, Active ballast

Updated: Apr 24, 2024

Dartmouth College

Country: United States of America

Year created: 2022

The BlueROV2 by Blue Robotics is an affordable underwater drone that is high-performance, customizable, expandable, and user-friendly.

BlueROV2: Affordable Underwater Drone to Explore the Depths

Tasks: Inspections, Aquaculture, Adventure, Research, Exploration, & More

Updated: Jul 25, 2024

Blue Robotics

Country: United States of America

Year created: 2016

Inspired by the structure of snailfish, the team developed an untethered soft robot for deep-sea exploration with on-board power, control, and actuation.

Self-powered deep sea soft robot

Tasks: deep sea exploration

Updated: Aug 07, 2023

Zhejiang University

Country: China

Year created: 2021

An efficient and straightforward pipeline for designing and fabricating soft robotic swimmers equipped with electrostatic actuation

Electrostatic Soft Robotic Fish

Tasks: Underwater exploration and inspection

Updated: Aug 07, 2023

ETH Zurich

Country: Switzerland

Year created: 2022

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Research Robots - Climbing

A versatile climbing robot with a hybrid actuation system combining propeller thrust & wheel torque for stable adhesion on diverse surfaces.

EJBot-II: Skid-Steering Propeller-Type Climbing Robot

Tasks: Visual Inspection, Wall Thickness Measurement

Updated: Mar 05, 2024

Egypt-Japan Universit…

Country: Egypt

Year created: 2019

The gecko-inspired Slalom robot uses a bendable body design for energy-efficient climbing, advancing sprawling posture robot development.

Slalom: A Gecko-Inspired Robot with Lateral Body Undulation

Tasks: Inclined Surface Climbing and Inspection, Search and Rescue, Exploration

Updated: Apr 18, 2024

Nanjing University of…

Country: China

A Novel Capabilities of Quadruped Robot Moving through Vertical Ladder Without Handrail Support

Quadruped Ladder Climbing

Tasks: Vertical Ladder Climbing, horizontal-vertical-horizontal transition

Updated: Oct 20, 2023

TMU

Country: Japan

Represents the next generation of maintenance and inspection robots that can minimise risk and increase safety in the industrial workforce, particularly around confined space entry

Magneto

Tasks: maintenance, inspection, confined space entry, complex structures

Updated: Jul 30, 2023

CSIRO Data61

Country: Australia

Year created: 2018

A novel magnetic wheeled robot capable of traveling over curved steel walls through shape-adaptive magnetic adhesion mechanism.

Wheeled Wall-Climbing Robot

Tasks: Climbing curved steel walls

Updated: Aug 07, 2023

Sumitomo

Country: Japan

Year created: 2018

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Research Robots - Humanoids

A kid-sized humanoid that's both affordable and high-tech! Meet Unitree G1 redefining what it means to make humanoids accessible

Unitree G1: An Impressive Humanoid You Can Actually Afford

Tasks: Research and Development, Educational, Experiments

Updated: Jul 26, 2024

Unitree

Country: China

Year created: 2024

Navigate terrains with human-like precision—meet the CL-1 humanoid robot by LimX Dynamics, mastering dynamic stair climbing and beyond

CL-1 Humanoid: Conquering Stairs & Slopes Like Never Before

Tasks: Dynamic Terrain Navigation, Industrial Applications, Research & Development

Updated: Jun 18, 2024

LimX Dynamics

Country: China

Year created: 2023

Boston Dynamics' Atlas moves beyond hydraulic limits into the next era of electric-powered humanoids with greater power & range of motion

The All-Electric Atlas: From Hydraulics to Next-Gen Humanoid

Tasks: Industrial Applications, Manufacturing, Logistics, Dexterous Tasks, & More

Updated: Jul 25, 2024

Boston Dynamics

Country: United States of America

Year created: 2024

Atlas by Boston Dynamics: the hydraulic-powered wonder that transformed our expectations of humanoid robots with its highly dynamic moves and whole-body mobility.

Hydraulic-Powered Atlas: Humanoid Marvel by Boston Dynamics

Tasks: Research and Development, Whole-Body Mobility, Bimanual Manipulation

Updated: Jul 25, 2024

Boston Dynamics

Country: United States of America

Year created: 2013

The humanoid robot Rollin' Justin is a platform for research in service robotics. Applications for the system are, in particular, household work and assisting astronauts in space.

Rollin' Justin

Tasks: household work, assisting astronauts in space, service

Updated: Jul 14, 2023

DLR

Country: Germany

Year created: 2008

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Research Robots - Wheeled / Tracked

Robotically Mapping Apple Fruitlets in a Commercial Orchard with Hight Accuracy and Precision - Automatic Apple Fruitlet Thinning Robot

Archie Snr: The Robot Redefining Apple Fruitlet Thinning

Tasks: Apple Fruitlet Thinning, Measuring Crop Load

Updated: Jul 25, 2024

University of Auckland

Country: New Zealand

Year created: 2023

Discover Archie Jnr, the cane pruning mobile robot that's redefining precision and efficiency in cane pruning amidst growing labor challenges

Archie Jnr: The Rise of Autonomous Robotic Cane Pruning

Tasks: 3D Visual Construction, 3D Models, Robotic Cane Pruning

Updated: Jun 11, 2024

University of Auckland

Country: New Zealand

Year created: 2023

A groundbreaking robot designed specifically for kiwifruits pollination has undergone controlled real-world evaluation.

No Bees? No Problem! Meet the Robotic Kiwifruit Pollinator

Tasks: Kiwifruit Pollination

Updated: Jul 24, 2024

University of Auckland

Country: New Zealand

Year created: 2019

GITAI Lunar Rover is a groundbreaking marvel of affordability and high-performance engineering for lunar exploration and construction tasks

Lunar Rover: Lunar Exploration & Infrastructure Development

Tasks: Lunar Exploration, Lunar Infrastructure Development

Updated: Jun 11, 2024

GITAI

Country: United States of America

Year created: 2016

Jackal is a small, fast, entry-level field robotics research platform. It has an onboard computer, GPS and IMU fully integrated with ROS for out-of-the-box autonomous capability.

JACKAL

Tasks: traverse outdoor environment

Updated: Aug 25, 2023

CLEARPATH ROBOTICS

Country: United States of America

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Research Robots - Legged

Learning two steps at a time with a biped robot that's intelligent and can handle challenging terrain and physical impacts – meet P1 by LimX Dynamics

P1 Biped Robot: Two Legs are Enough to Redefine Mobility

Tasks: Research and Development, Testing, Data Collection

Updated: Jun 26, 2024

LimX Dynamics

Country: China

Year created: 2024

The quadruped that flawlessly combines wheels and legs, with the brains for complex moves and terrain—meet MAX by Tencent Robotics X Lab.

Tencent's MAX Quadruped: Wheels Meet Legs in Perfect Harmony

Tasks: Research and Development, Wheeled and Legged Locomotion, Complex Terrain

Updated: Jul 01, 2024

Tencent Robotics X Lab

Country: China

Year created: 2021

The front-flipping, action-ready robot dog perfect for research, education, and beyond — meet the Lite3 Quadruped by DEEPRobotics.

Lite3 Quadruped: Leaps, Flips, & Jumps Right Into Your Research

Tasks: Research and Development, Education and Teaching, Conducting Experiments

Updated: Jul 08, 2024

DEEPRobotics

Country: China

Year created: 2023

It will roll, stroll, and go for a patrol, but won't fall no matter the terrain – meet W1, the wheeled quadruped by LimX Dyanmics

W1 Wheeled Quadruped: Rolls on Wheels and Strides on Legs

Tasks: Industry Inspection, Fire detection, Emergency rescue, Logistics, & More

Updated: Jul 26, 2024

Limx Dynamics

Country: China

Year created: 2023

Affordable, intelligent, and versatile — these Unitree quadrupeds (Go1, Go2, A1) are perfect for research and development, education, & fun

Unitree Consumer Quadrupeds: Your Affordable Companions

Tasks: Consumer, R&D, Education, Personal Companion, & More

Updated: Jul 26, 2024

Unitree

Country: China

Year created: 2020

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Research Robots - Exoskeletons

The exoskeleton KIT-EXO-1 was introduced in 2013 with the aim to augment human capabilities or to use it in rehabilitation applications. Two DoFs at the knee and ankle; passive DoF

KIT-EXO-1

Tasks: rehabilitation, augment human capabilities

Updated: Jul 26, 2023

KIT

Country: Germany

A wearable rehabilitation device that would allow patients suffering from hemiparesis to perform repetitive motion therapy in their homes.

Wearable Exo-musculature Soft Robots

Tasks: restoring lost motor skills

Updated: Jul 22, 2023

WPI AIM

Country: United States of America

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Research Robots - Soft

Soft assistive robotic wearables get a boost from rapid design tool - use compressed air to power motion, and have sensing capabilities.

Soft assistive robotic wearable

Tasks: assistive wearables, rehabilitative technologies

Updated: Aug 05, 2023

MIT

Country: United States of America

Design, fabrication, control, and oceanic testing of a soft robotic fish that can swim in three dimensions to continuously record the aquatic life it is following or engaging.

SoFi - The Soft Robotic Fish

Tasks: Exploration of underwater life

Updated: Aug 06, 2023

MIT CSAIL

Country: United States of America

Inspired by the structure of snailfish, the team developed an untethered soft robot for deep-sea exploration with on-board power, control, and actuation.

Self-powered deep sea soft robot

Tasks: deep sea exploration

Updated: Aug 05, 2023

Zhejiang University

Country: China

Year created: 2021

Whether free and flexible movements or defined sequences – thanks to its modular design, a lightweight pneumatic robot can be used for numerous applications.

BionicSoftArm

Tasks: pick and place; manipulate a wide variety of objects and shapes

Updated: Aug 25, 2023

FESTO

Country: Germany

Tentacle robot can gently grasp fragile objects. Jellyfish-like soft gripper mimics the mechanics of curly hair.

Tentacle soft gripper robot

Tasks: Grasping, gripping, object manipulation

Updated: Nov 04, 2023

Harvard

Country: United States of America

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Research Robots - Small / Personal

Meet the student-engineered, open-source quadruped: revolutionizing research and education, one affordable Dingo at a time.

Dingo: The Small But Mighty and Affordable Quadruped Robot

Tasks: Research Platform, Research & Development, Testing & Experiments, Education

Updated: Jul 02, 2024

Monash University

Country: Australia

Year created: 2023

From backflips and skateboarding to many moves your real dog can't do - meet CyberDog 2, the cute and high-tech robot dog from Xiaomi

CyberDog 2: Robot Companion with Cool Tricks and Moves

Tasks: Robot Companion, Robot Pet, Research and Development, Education

Updated: Jul 04, 2024

Xiaomi

Country: China

Year created: 2023

Groundbreaking social robot utilizing the latest advancements in technology. Furhat’s expressibility and customizability enables unlimited opportunities for research & developments

Furhat

Tasks: social robot

Updated: Jul 22, 2023

Furhat Robotics

Country: Sweden

Year created: 2011

TurtleBot 4 is the next-generation of the world’s most popular open source robotics platform for education and research, offering better computing power, and better sensors.

TurtleBot 4 Standard

Tasks: robotics platform for education and research

Updated: Jul 12, 2023

CLEARPATH ROBOTICS

Country: United States of America

TurtleBot 4 is the next-generation of the world’s most popular open source robotics platform for education and research, offering better computing power, and better sensors.

TurtleBot 4 Lite

Tasks: robotics platform for education and research

Updated: Jul 12, 2023

CLEARPATH ROBOTICS

Country: United States of America

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Research Robots - Other

A kiwifruit harvesting robot designed to operate autonomously in pergola style orchards. Robot uses machine vision, CNNs, and robotic arms.

A Robotic Solution to Kiwifruit Harvesting in New Zealand

Tasks: Kiwifruit Harvesting

Updated: Jul 14, 2024

University of Auckland

Country: New Zealand

CLASH (Compliant Low-cost Antagonistic Servo Hand) was designed during the EU Project Soma to grasp safely and reliably fruits and vegetables. It is a compliant, yet low-cost hand.

CLASH

Tasks: grasping, handling

Updated: Jul 14, 2023

DLR

Country: Germany

3d print and build this state-of-the-art humanoid hand with tendon driven fingers that flex and spread and an AI vision system worthy of any droid.

ROBOT NANO HAND

Tasks: Create and build a humanoid robotic hand, and learn how to program and run

Updated: Jul 06, 2023

THE ROBOT STUDIO

Country: N/A

Groundbreaking social robot utilizing the latest advancements in technology. Furhat’s expressibility and customizability enables unlimited opportunities for research & developments

Furhat

Tasks: social robot

Updated: Jul 23, 2023

Furhat Robotics

Country: Sweden

Year created: 2011

Using the popular large language model Chat-GPT-3 to develop a robotic gripper for harvesting tomatoes

Chat-GPT-designed robotic gripper

Tasks: harvesting, robot design

Updated: Jul 08, 2023

EPFL

Country: Switzerland

Year created: 2023

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