Humanoid robots
TALOS
Spain
Europe's veteran torque-controlled research humanoid: full joint torque sensing and 6 kg payload per arm made it the workhorse of European humanoid labs long before the current wave.
MakerPAL Robotics
CountryES
Statusresearch
Height (cm)175
Weight (kg)95
Payload (kg)6
Onboard compute2x Intel Core i7 (COM Express Type-6)
Total DoF32
Top speed (m/s)0.8
AI stackROS/ROS2 whole-body torque control; full torque sensing at 2 kHz
AvailabilitySold to research institutions since 2017
EMEA presenceBuilt in Barcelona; reference platform for Inria, LAAS-CNRS and EU humanoid research projects
Sources : PAL Robotics (official) (2026-07-09)IEEE Spectrum (2026-07-09)
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