PAL Robotics Timeline

Events

• 2025-10-16 - Partnership - PAL Robotics and NVIDIA collaborate on humanoid AI training stack - PAL Robotics uses NVIDIA GPU computing to support robot learning, perception and decision-making workloads. The company described Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab as part of its reinforcement-learning and simulation workflow for humanoid platforms. - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2025-09-01 - Deployment - PAL Robotics deploys TIAGo Pro for CO-HAND textile plant pilot - The project uses TIAGo Pro with AI perception, a custom gripper, operator collaboration tools and ROS4HRI behaviors. PAL Robotics supports validation through real-world trials at CETRIKO’s plant and usability studies. The deployment places PAL Robotics's… - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2024-10-28 - Award - PAL Robotics CEO Francesco Ferro receives European CEO award - PAL Robotics highlighted the recognition in its twentieth-anniversary release, after starting in Barcelona in 2004. The release described more than 50 collaborative projects and Ferro’s roles on European robotics boards and executive councils. - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2024-08-09 - Product Launch - PAL Robotics makes KANGAROO available after first university delivery - KANGAROO became a ready-to-use product available for purchase. The first unit was delivered to TU Wien for robotics research and researcher training. The commercial version added four RealSense D435i cameras and fall-protection changes around the waist. - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2024-05-30 - Demonstration - PAL Robotics demonstrates StockBot RFID inventory workflow at IOTSWC - StockBot performs continuous RFID-based inventory with ~99% read accuracy, reducing manual counting errors. PAL Robotics demonstrated StockBot at IOTSWC as part of its humanoid and service robot portfolio. Develops service and humanoid robots for research… - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2024-03-26 - Capability - PAL Robotics integrates Orientus sensors in TALOS and Kangaroo - Orientus supplied inertial and attitude measurements at 1 kHz with low latency. PAL combined base-pose measurements with joint kinematics and ground-contact information for whole-body torque control. The compact sensor was integrated in both TALOS and… - source: advancednavigation.com
• 2024-02-29 - Demonstration - PAL Robotics tests teleoperated TIAGo in SAFE-LY healthcare study - Remote operators tested deliveries, video calls and patrolling across morning, afternoon and night shifts at El Carme. A closing staff workshop collected feedback to refine the robot’s functions and interaction methods. - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2023-12-30 - Demonstration - PAL Robotics demonstrates TALOS climbing uncharted stairs - A lidar-derived elevation map fed a contact planner and model predictive controller, with inverse dynamics computing joint torques. TALOS climbed 15 cm stairs without prior terrain information and adapted after the stairs were moved. The completed ROS… - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2023-08-31 - Capability - PAL Robotics releases Advanced Grasping software for TIAGo - The software combined Behavior Trees, MoveIt and computer vision, with perception, grasping and placing servers exposed through ROS Actions. Included demonstrations cleared objects into a basket and stacked two cubes using table and object templates.… - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2021-11-16 - Product Launch - PAL Robotics launches TIAGo OMNI++ - The mecanum-wheel base enabled sideways as well as forward and rotational movement; two lidar sensors covered a 360-degree field of view. Two seven-axis arms accepted interchangeable end effectors, including PAL and Robotiq grippers, while a torso screen… - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2020-09-18 - Deployment - PAL Robotics tests TIAGo delivery robots in Barcelona hospitals - The trials took place at Hospital Municipal of Badalona and Hospital Clínic Barcelona. A conveyor moved food trays to isolated patients, while a coded safe restricted access to medicines and other sensitive goods. Accerion’s Triton floor-sensing camera… - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2019-12-18 - Product Launch - PAL Robotics introduces ARI social robot - The launch configuration combined Intel processing with an NVIDIA Jetson TX2 GPU, RGB and depth cameras, a microphone array and speakers. ROS and REST interfaces let developers compose gestures, touchscreen content and dialogue, then test applications in… - source: pal-robotics.com
• 2018-11-07 - Deployment - PAL Robotics TALOS joins University of Waterloo RoboHub - The University of Waterloo described TALOS as the first platform of its kind in Canada. RoboHub planned to use TALOS for control and gait synthesis, manipulation planning, HRI, machine learning and high-DoF robot research. - source: pal-robotics.com