LAURON V
Built by FZI Research Center for Information Technology · Germany
Updated May 2026·methodology
Overview
LAURON V is a bio-inspired six-legged walking robot designed to operate in areas that would be difficult for wheeled systems. It carries scientific payloads to monitor the environment and can use its legs for mobile manipulation tasks. The robot is able to perform fully autonomous exploration missions using 3D environment mapping, path planning, visual servoing, and other skills, with behavior-based control to handle slips and avoid falls.
Detailed specifications
Motion & kinematics1
- Dof
- 28
Compute1
- Ros Compatible
- true
Other20
- Price Tier
- 150K+
- Applications
- sample_handling,visual_inspection
- Sub Category
- hexapod walking robot
- Api Available
- true
- Datasheet Url
- View Link
- Max Speed M S
- 0.139
- Pricing Model
- purchase
- Model Variants
- LAURON I
- Company Country
- DE
- Navigation Type
- lidar_slam
- Deployment Notes
- The robot is located in the FZI House of Living Labs and is currently employed for research purposes.[1]
- Youtube Video Id
- 3dv1MXKi7qw
- Compatible Vision
- Asus Xtion Pro Live,Point Grey Firefly FMVU-12S2C,FLIR thermal camera,Velodyne HDL-32E,Hukuyo UTM-30LX,Microstrain 3DM-GX5 IMU
- Industries Served
- research
- Software Platform
- PLEXNAV
- Training Required
- advanced_>5days
- Availability Status
- research-only
- Countries Available
- DE,EU
- Programming Interface
- code_ros
- Additional Information
- Bio-inspired hexapod based on stick insect Carausius morosus.,Fully autonomous exploration capability with 3D SLAM, path planning, visual servoing.,Behavior-based control for slip handling and fall avoidance.,28 degrees of freedom: 24 from legs (4 per leg), 2 from head, 1 from gripper, 1 from laser scanner.,Cost: €150,000 (approximately $165,000 USD).,Ongoing research platform; not commercially available as off-the-shelf product.,All parts custom designed and manufactured.,Used in simulated Mars mission deployments.,Legend: LAURON = LAUfRoboter Neuronal Gesteuert (walking robot neurally controlled).,Partially autonomous; rugged design for disaster response and research.,No contact emails found on page.,Category determined as 'research' because the robot is a research platform, not a consumer or industrial product.
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