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ESA / ETH Zurich Robotic Systems LabSwitzerland2018

SpaceBok

  • Demonstrator
  • 20–40 kg
  • Research and development

Key figures as stated by the manufacturer

1 of 6 stated · 5 gapsDemonstrator
  • Weight 22kg48.5lbOur conversion from 22 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A
  • Payload, walking not stated
  • Runtime not stated
  • Max speed not stated
  • IP rating not stated
  • Indicative price not stated
Deviations and variants in the key figures (1)

Weight

NoteTotal mass of 22 kg including reaction wheel attitude stabilization mechanism.

ESA SpaceBok quadruped testbed for low-gravity and planetary exploration

Manufacturer's own photo.

Intended use, per the manufacturer

The manufacturer’s words

Designed to explore low-gravity celestial bodies such as asteroids and the Moon through repetitive dynamic jumping and attitude-controlled flight phases.

Source: esa.int · Retrieved

This category is not our assessment.

Every field in the schema

3 of 33 fields stated

Imperial figures are our own conversion unless the manufacturer states an imperial figure itself. The source letter always belongs to the metric figure — a conversion has no source of its own.

The letter points to the source at the foot of the page. Fields without a figure are dashed: the manufacturer does not state them — that is not the same as zero, and not the same as no.
Field Value Source and caveats
Physical
Weight22kg48.5lbOur conversion from 22 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A

NoteTotal mass of 22 kg including reaction wheel attitude stabilization mechanism.

Lengthnot stated
Widthnot stated
Heightnot stated
Degrees of freedom8DoFA

Note8 actuated leg joints (2 DoF per leg: hip and knee flexion/extension) plus internal reaction wheel for flight attitude control.

Payload, walkingnot stated
Payload, standingnot stated
Max speednot stated
Max slopenot stated
Single obstacle200cm78.7inOur conversion from 200 cm. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A

NoteDemonstrated dynamic jumping height up to 2.0 m in simulated lunar gravity.

Stair step, continuousnot stated
IP ratingnot stated
Operating temperature, lownot stated
Operating temperature, highnot stated
Power
Batterynot stated
Runtimenot stated
Hot-swap batterynot stated
Charge timenot stated
Docking stationnot stated
Sensing and autonomy
LiDARnot stated
Camerasnot stated
Onboard computenot stated
ROS 2not stated
SDK languagesnot stated
Autonomy levelnot stated
Payload and expansion
Mounting interfacenot stated
Power outnot stated
Data portsnot stated
Commercial
Indicative pricenot stated
EU
CE statednot stated

Records only what the manufacturer states regarding CE marking.

FCC statednot stated
UL statednot stated
CCC statednot stated

Stair step and payload each exist in two variants. Only compare fields with the same label.

Notes

  • A planetary-exploration quadruped developed by ETH Zurich and ZHAW Zurich under the Robotic Systems Lab.
  • Tested at ESA's ESTEC centre to study dynamic jumping and walking in simulated low-gravity environments like the Moon and asteroids.

The manufacturer’s own page

The manufacturer’s original product page for this model.

Open the manufacturer’s page for SpaceBok

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2019/07/Spacebok_jumping_in_simulated_lunar_gravity

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Sources

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