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Ghost RoboticsUnited States2016

Minitaur

  • Discontinued
  • Under 20 kg
  • Security and surveillance
  • Research and development
  • Defence and emergency response

Key figures as stated by the manufacturer

3 of 6 stated · 3 gapsDiscontinued
  • Weight 6kg13.2lbOur conversion from 6 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A
  • Payload, walking 3kg6.61lbOur conversion from 3 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A
  • Runtime not stated
  • Max speed 7.2km/h4.47mphOur conversion from 7.2 km/h. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A
  • IP rating not stated
  • Indicative price not stated
Deviations and variants in the key figures (3)

Weight

NoteTotal mass of the complete direct-drive robot.

Payload, walking

NoteCarrying payload capacity.

Max speed

NoteMaximum bounding/running speed.

Ghost Robotics Minitaur direct-drive research quadruped robot

Manufacturer's own photo.

Intended use, per the manufacturer

The manufacturer’s words

Designed for research, defense, and hazardous environment traversal with transparent direct-drive interaction.

Source: arxiv.org · Retrieved

This category is not our assessment.

Every field in the schema

6 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
Weight6kg13.2lbOur conversion from 6 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A

NoteTotal mass of the complete direct-drive robot.

Length40cm15.7inOur conversion from 40 cm. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A

NoteHip-to-hip length.

Widthnot stated
Heightnot stated
Degrees of freedom8DoFA

Note8 direct-drive brushless motors (2 per leg on 5-bar linkage).

Payload, walking3kg6.61lbOur conversion from 3 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A

NoteCarrying payload capacity.

Payload, standingnot stated
Max speed7.2km/h4.47mphOur conversion from 7.2 km/h. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A

NoteMaximum bounding/running speed.

Max slopenot stated
Single obstacle48cm18.9inOur conversion from 48 cm. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A

NoteMaximum vertical jump height.

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 direct-drive quadruped developed by Ghost Robotics and University of Pennsylvania researchers.
  • High-torque direct-drive brushless motors on 5-bar linkage legs, without gearboxes, give direct force transparency and a fast, dynamic response.

The manufacturer’s own page

The manufacturer’s original product page for this model.

Open the manufacturer’s page for Minitaur

https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.04342

See every model from Ghost Robotics

Sources

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