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KANGAROO

About

About KANGAROO

KANGAROO is PAL Robotics’ biped research platform for dynamic locomotion and whole-body control. The platform is 1.60 m tall, weighs 50–65 kg, and provides 14–40 degrees of freedom depending on its arm configuration. Low-inertia legs use custom linear actuators with integrated force sensing, while a two-axis torso and 2 kHz EtherCAT loop support walking, balance, running, and jumping research.

Ubuntu, ROS 2, and PAL OS expose current, speed, position, impedance, and optional force-torque control. Developers receive URDF and MJCF models plus MuJoCo, reinforcement-learning, imitation-learning, and motion-retargeting tools. Optional arms, grippers, force-torque sensors, and four RGB-D cameras extend the biped platform into whole-body experiments.

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Supply / Components

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    Dexterous Hand - manipulation - Seed Robotics - Seed Robotics RH8D dexterous hand is a configurable end-effector for PAL KANGAROO - source: pal-robotics.com

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    Rgbd Camera - sensing - RealSense - PAL Robotics specifies four RealSense D435i RGB-D cameras for KANGAROO - source: pal-robotics.com

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    Dexterous Hand - manipulation - Inspire Robots - Inspire Robots RH56F1/RH56E2 hands are configurable end-effectors for PAL KANGAROO - source: pal-robotics.com

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    Embedded Compute - Compute & Control - NVIDIA - PAL Robotics offers an NVIDIA Jetson GPU as an optional KANGAROO configuration - source: pal-robotics.com

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    Cpu - Compute & Control - Intel - PAL Robotics KANGAROO incorporates two Intel i7 CPUs for its control and multimedia computers - source: pal-robotics.com

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Timeline

  • PAL Robotics makes KANGAROO available after first university delivery

    2024-08-09 - Product Launch - 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.

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  • PAL Robotics integrates Orientus sensors in TALOS and Kangaroo

    2024-03-26 - Capability - 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 Kangaroo; the platforms were used for different locomotion research.

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