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The research-robot procurement RFP: questions and red flags
A structured RFP for research robot procurement covers SDK openness, ROS 2 support, spare parts, export control, and end-of-life risk. This is the checklist tha…

A 90-day playbook to stand up a new platform in a lab
Most research robot deployments fail at the handoff: the student who set it up leaves, and no one can reproduce the environment. This 90-day playbook builds rep…

Matching research robot platform to research goal
The wrong platform for a research domain creates years of friction. This domain-by-domain breakdown maps hardware categories to research goals and evaluates ROS…
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Salamandra robotica II
Biorobotics Laboratory at EPFL · CHPayload 10 kg · Speed 1.4 m/s









LAURON VI
FZI Research Center for Information Technology · DEPayload 12 kg · Speed 0.5 m/s
































BepiColombo
European Space Agency (ESA) & Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyPayload 1,400 kg


















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Quince
Chiba Institute of Technology and Tohoku UniversityPayload 20 kg · Speed 1.6 m/s











Colias
Computer Intelligence Lab at the University of LincolnPayload 5 kg · Speed 0.4 m/s














Care-O-bot 3
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation · DEPayload 5 kg



Oculus Prime SLAM Navigator
Xaxxon Technologies · USPayload 2.5 kg · Speed 0.4 m/s

Oculus Prime Pi Explorer
Xaxxon Technologies · USPayload 3 kg · Speed 0.4 m/s















RHex
University of Michigan, McGill University, Kod*Lab, and DARPAPayload 8 kg · Speed 2.3 m/s







































