Monte 02 Context

Market context

Dual-arm mobile manipulator for laboratory automation: sampling, transfer, and testing.

• Target environment: Laboratories, testing workflows, industrial research spaces and controlled indoor environments.
• Workflow context: Sample handling, transfer, testing support, demonstration learning, mobile manipulation and task automation.
• Customer context: Labs, industrial R&D teams and automation partners evaluating mobile manipulation for repetitive bench or facility tasks.
• Deployment model: Prototype mobile manipulator showcased through public robotics events and company material.
• Commercial maturity: Prototype-stage product with public demonstration context and limited deployment evidence.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on manipulation precision, safety, end-effector fit, software maturity, lab integration and validated task performance.
• Market position: Laboratory mobile-manipulation lane using a wheeled base and dual arms rather than a full bipedal humanoid body.
• Adjacent products: Kinisi 01, MH3, Quanta X2, mimic bi-manual robot station

Specifications

• Hands Type: dexterous hands
• Arm Count: 2 arms
• Sensors Summary: 1 head RGB-D camera; 1 RGB-D camera at each wrist; launch release also lists LiDAR and ultrasonic sensing
• AI Capabilities: AI foundation models, autonomous decision-making, learning from demonstration
• Height: 1623 mm
• Length Mm: 590 mm
• Width Mm: 619 mm
• Weight: 100 kg
• Arm Reach Mm: 702 mm per arm
• One Hand Payload Kg: 6.5 kg maximum per arm at end flange
• Maximum speed: 1.0 m/s
• Total degrees of freedom: 21 body DoF; end effectors counted separately
• Arm Dof Per Arm: 7 per arm
• Head Dof: 2 DoF
• Waist Dof: 3 DoF
• Chassis Dof: 2 DoF
• Battery Voltage Nominal: 51.2 V
• Battery Capacity Ah: 30 Ah
• Runtime: 8 h under typical conditions
• Charging Time H: 2 h in fast-charge mode
• Battery Type: Lithium-ion
• AI compute: ≥200 TOPS embedded AI processor
• Compute Model: Embedded AI processor + x86 industrial real-time control board
• Camera System: 3 RGB-D modules: head ×1, wrist ×2
• Drivetrain: Two-wheel differential drive
• Max Slope Deg: ≤10°
• Structural Materials: High-strength magnesium-aluminum alloy frame; ABS engineering-plastic shell
• Communication: Dual-band Wi-Fi 6; Gigabit Ethernet; full-featured Type-C

Comparable Systems

• Astribot S1 - Astribot - Mobile Manipulator
• W1 Pro - DexForce - Semi Humanoid
• Quanta X1 - X Square Robot - Mobile Manipulator
• Quanta X2 - X Square Robot - Semi Humanoid
• Reachy 2 - Pollen Robotics - Mobile Manipulator
• Dual-Arm Lift - RealMan Intelligent Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. - Semi Humanoid