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Lite3

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About Lite3

Lite3 is a compact Deep Robotics quadruped for education, research and secondary development. It provides a mobile four-legged base, onboard sensing and control interfaces for locomotion, navigation and application experiments.

Deep Robotics publishes quick-start, motion-control, AI-function and maintenance material for the platform, supporting its role as a developer product. Hazardous industrial inspection is handled by other Deep Robotics models, including X20 and X30. Lite3 capability depends on its selected configuration and added sensors or compute.

27 MAY 2026

Humanoid deployments, product launches and robot learning

09 DEC 2025

Deep Robotics raises $70M Series C as it extends from quadrupeds into humanoids

10 MAY 2025

DEEP Robotics launches LYNX M20 wheel-legged industrial inspection platform

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Autonomous navigation
  • Workflows: Industrial inspection
  • Operating environments: Research lab
  • Target markets: Robotics researchers, educators and developers seeking an entry-level legged platform.
  • Deployment model: Commercial product positioned for research, education and development use.
  • Multi-terrain locomotion

    Research demonstration - 2026-06-08 - Maintained locomotion during physical impact tests and outdoor terrain trials using onboard state estimation. - environment: physical impact tests and outdoor terrain trials

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  • Navigation and obstacle avoidance

    Claimed - 2023-05-31 - Its open modular structure supports development of autonomous navigation, obstacle avoidance, visual positioning and environmental reconstruction.

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  • Autonomous route navigation

    Claimed - 2023-05-31 - Its open modular structure supports development of autonomous navigation, obstacle avoidance, visual positioning and environmental reconstruction.

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  • Navigation and obstacle avoidance

    Claimed - DEEP Robotics presents Lite3 as a configurable research and education platform; Pro and LiDAR editions add obstacle avoidance, SLAM navigation and 3D perception development support.

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  • 3D object perception

    Claimed - DEEP Robotics presents Lite3 as a configurable research and education platform; Pro and LiDAR editions add obstacle avoidance, SLAM navigation and 3D perception development support.

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  • SLAM mapping

    Claimed - DEEP Robotics presents Lite3 as a configurable research and education platform; Pro and LiDAR editions add obstacle avoidance, SLAM navigation and 3D perception development support.

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  • Dynamic acrobatics

    Claimed - 2023-05-31 - DEEP Robotics debuted Lite3 at ICRA 2023 and demonstrated its dexterity, agility and balance, including front flips.

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Research

  • Robust Quadruped Locomotion via Reinforcement Learning with Deep Generalized-Momentum-Based Kalman Filter

    2026-06-08 - Research Publication - Lite3 hardware tests benchmark a reinforcement-learning controller that explicitly estimates base velocity and external disturbance forces.

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  • Learning Stable Bipedal Locomotion Skills for Quadrupedal Robots on Challenging Terrains with Automatic Fall Recovery

    2025-08-01 - Research Publication - Lite3 provides a second real-robot validation of a morphology-adaptive controller for bipedal quadruped locomotion and recovery.

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  • GRoQ-LoCO: Generalist and Robot-agnostic Quadruped Locomotion Control using Offline Datasets

    2025-05-16 - Research Publication - A single offline policy is tested across tracked Unitree and DEEP Robotics quadrupeds in simulation.

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  • Walking with Terrain Reconstruction: Learning to Traverse Risky Sparse Footholds

    2024-09-24 - Research Publication - A Lite3 uses reconstructed local terrain, proprioception and depth imagery to place its feet on highly sparse and narrow supports.

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  • PIE: Parkour with Implicit-Explicit Learning Framework for Legged Robots

    2024-08-25 - Research Publication - A Lite3 deploys a single-stage vision-and-proprioception policy for zero-shot parkour across large obstacles and an outdoor mountain route.

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  • fan-ziqi/robot_lab

    2024-07-06 - Research Publication - The source registers exact model-specific Isaac Lab environments for tracked quadruped, wheeled-quadruped and humanoid platforms.

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Timeline

  • DEEP Robotics debuts Lite3 quadruped robot at ICRA 2023

    2023-05-31 - Product Launch - DEEP Robotics debuted Lite3 at ICRA 2023 and demonstrated its dexterity, agility and balance, including front flips. The company designed Lite3 for education and scientific research with self-developed joints, controls and mobility algorithms. Its open modular structure supports development of autonomous navigation, obstacle avoidance, visual positioning and environmental reconstruction.

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Context

Market context

Lite3 is Deep Robotics' lightweight quadruped platform for education, research and developer experimentation with SDK support and multiple hardware variants.

  • Target environment: Research labs, university robotics programs and developer workshops.
  • Workflow context: Locomotion research, education, developer experimentation and lightweight inspection using an accessible quadruped platform.
  • Customer context: Robotics researchers, educators and developers seeking an entry-level legged platform.
  • Deployment model: Commercial product positioned for research, education and development use.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercially available developer quadruped with SDK and education ecosystem.
  • Adoption constraints: Lightweight form factor limits payload and terrain capability compared to industrial quadrupeds.
  • Market position: Entry-level legged platform for building and testing legged autonomy without industrial-scale cost. Sits alongside Go2 and MagicDog in the developer quadruped space.
  • Adjacent products: Go2, MagicDog

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