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Vision 60

About

About Vision 60

Vision 60 is Ghost Robotics' quadrupedal ground vehicle with a modular chassis for field payloads. Its body provides T-slots, threaded mounting holes and optional military-standard rails for attaching equipment. A Gigabit Ethernet switch supports external radios and payload networking alongside integrated Wi-Fi and cellular communications, allowing sensing and communications hardware to share the mobile platform.

The serviceable design includes quick-change legs, batteries and front and rear sensor heads. This lets field teams replace major assemblies without rebuilding the vehicle. Its IP67 enclosure supports outdoor use, while operating endurance and travel speed vary with terrain and payload. The platform supplies mobility, mounting and network infrastructure for configured inspection, reconnaissance and other field systems.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Autonomous navigation
  • Workflows: Industrial inspection
  • Operating environments: Outdoor field environment
  • Deployment model: Commercial quadruped robot deployed by government, defence and industrial users.
  • Multi-terrain locomotion

    Pilot - 2025-09-23 - The case study said the robot navigated stairs, grating, narrow walkways, and uneven terrain while operating autonomously or by remote teleoperation.

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  • Off-road navigation

    Research demonstration - 2024-09-30 - Navigated deformable and slippery outdoor terrain using physically grounded vision-language terrain costs. - environment: diverse real-world off-road terrain

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  • Multi-terrain locomotion

    Claimed - Ghost Robotics presents Vision 60 for persistent all-weather mobility, inspection, security and remote payload operations.

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  • Remote and shared control

    Pilot - 2025-09-23 - The case study said the robot navigated stairs, grating, narrow walkways, and uneven terrain while operating autonomously or by remote teleoperation.

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  • Remote and shared control

    Claimed - Ghost Robotics presents Vision 60 for persistent all-weather mobility, inspection, security and remote payload operations.

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  • Perimeter patrol

    Customer-site use - 2025-09-23 - Ghost Robotics reported Vision 60 deployment for autonomous perimeter patrol and security operations at a mountainous Air Force base. - environment: defense perimeter security

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  • Disaster-response support

    Customer-site use - 2025-09-23 - The robots were used to deliver small payloads, conduct reconnaissance in unstable areas, and support communications where infrastructure was down.

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  • ISR and tactical support

    Customer-site use - 2025-09-23 - The robots were used to deliver small payloads, conduct reconnaissance in unstable areas, and support communications where infrastructure was down.

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  • Inspection

    Pilot - 2025-09-23 - Ghost said the deployment reduced human entry into high-risk zones, lowered unplanned downtime through early anomaly detection, and enabled continuous 24/7 monitoring.

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  • Perimeter patrol

    Claimed - Ghost Robotics presents Vision 60 for persistent all-weather mobility, inspection, security and remote payload operations.

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  • Robotic inspection

    Claimed - Ghost Robotics presents Vision 60 for persistent all-weather mobility, inspection, security and remote payload operations.

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Deployments

  • Customer Site

    Vision 60 refinery inspection deployment - 2025-09-23 - refinery operator - oil and gas refinery inspection - Ghost Robotics deployed Vision 60 Q-UGVs to autonomously patrol refinery grounds for gas detection, thermal imaging, visual inspection, and 24/7 monitoring.

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  • Customer Site

    Vision 60 disaster-relief deployment with JGSDF - 2025-09-23 - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force - disaster response - Ghost Robotics reported Vision 60 use with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force teams in earthquake-stricken areas for search, logistics, and safety operations.

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  • Customer Site

    Vision 60 perimeter-security deployment - 2025-09-23 - Air Force base operator - defense perimeter security - Ghost Robotics reported Vision 60 deployment for autonomous perimeter patrol and security operations at a mountainous Air Force base.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Vision 60

    Nvidia Xavier 32gb For Ghost Vision 60 - Compute & Control - NVIDIA - Ghost Robotics specifies NVIDIA Xavier 32GB compute in Vision 60 - source: ghostrobotics.io

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Research

  • Procedimiento de auditoría de ciberseguridad para sistemas autónomos: metodología, amenazas y mitigaciones

    2025-11-07 - Research Publication - The cybersecurity-audit methodology is demonstrated through practical case studies on representative autonomous systems.

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  • Learning Neural Observer-Predictor Models for Limb-level Sampling-based Locomotion Planning

    2025-10-26 - Research Publication - To address this, the authors present a learning-based observer-predictor framework that accurately predicts this motion.

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  • Robot Navigation Using Physically Grounded Vision-Language Models in Outdoor Environments

    2024-09-30 - Research Publication - We present a novel autonomous robot navigation algorithm for outdoor environments that is capable of handling diverse terrain traversability conditions. Our approach, VLM-GroNav, uses vision-language models (VLMs) and integrates them with physical grounding that is used to assess intrinsic terrain properties such as deformability and slipperiness. We use proprioceptive-based sensing, which provides direct measurement

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  • CROSS-GAiT: Cross-Attention-Based Multimodal Representation Fusion for Parametric Gait Adaptation in Complex Terrains

    2024-09-25 - Research Publication - We present CROSS-GAiT, a novel algorithm for quadruped robots that uses Cross Attention to fuse terrain representations derived from visual and time-series inputs; including linear accelerations, angular velocities, and joint efforts.

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  • Deploying COTS Legged Robot Platforms into a Heterogeneous Robot Team

    2021-06-14 - Research Publication - The recent availability of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) legged robot platforms have opened up new opportunities in deploying legged systems into different scenarios.

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  • Quadrupedal Locomotion via Event-Based Predictive Control and QP-Based Virtual Constraints

    2020-04-15 - Research Publication - This paper aims to develop a hierarchical nonlinear control algorithm, based on model predictive control (MPC), quadratic programming (QP), and virtual constraints, to generate and stabilize locomotion patterns in a real-time manner for dynamical models of quadrupedal robots.

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  • From Bipedal Walking to Quadrupedal Locomotion: Full-Body Dynamics Decomposition for Rapid Gait Generation

    2019-09-18 - Research Publication - Using the hybrid zero dynamics (HZD) framework, gaits for these bipedal robots can be rapidly generated (on the order of seconds) along with corresponding controllers.

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  • First Steps Towards Full Model Based Motion Planning and Control of Quadrupeds: A Hybrid Zero Dynamics Approach

    2019-09-17 - Research Publication - The authors present a framework that systematically generates a wide range of optimal trajectories and then provably stabilizes them for the full-order, nonlinear and hybrid dynamical models of quadrupedal locomotion.

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  • Hierarchical and Safe Motion Control for Cooperative Locomotion of Robotic Guide Dogs and Humans: A Hybrid Systems Approach

    2019-04-05 - Research Publication - This paper presents a hierarchical control strategy based on hybrid systems theory, nonlinear control, and safety-critical systems to enable cooperative locomotion of robotic guide dogs and visually impaired people.

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  • Dynamically Stable 3D Quadrupedal Walking with Multi-Domain Hybrid System Models and Virtual Constraint Controllers

    2018-10-15 - Research Publication - This paper presents an analytical framework 1) to address multi-domain hybrid models of quadruped robots with high degrees of freedom, and 2) to systematically design nonlinear controllers that asymptotically stabilize periodic orbits of these sophisticated models.

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Timeline

  • Ghost Robotics launches manipulator arm for the Vision 60 Q-UGV

    2025-12-11 - Product Launch - Ghost Robotics announced a new manipulator arm for the Vision 60, extending the platform from sensing and mobility into interaction and object-handling workflows. The release positioned the arm as an expansion of the Vision 60's modular payload architecture for defense and commercial field use. Ghost framed the launch as broadening the range of missions the quadruped can perform in real-world operational environments.

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  • Ghost Robotics deploys Vision 60 for autonomous perimeter security at a mountainous Air Force base

    2025-09-23 - Deployment - Ghost Robotics said it proposed and deployed Vision 60 Q-UGV robots to patrol steep and hazardous terrain surrounding an Air Force base flight-line perimeter. The case study said the deployment reduced the number of defenders assigned to perimeter patrol from three per day to zero, returning 63 hours per month to the base. Ghost said the robots expanded patrol coverage by roughly four miles of terrain that had previously gone unpatrolled because of safety risks.

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  • Ghost Robotics deploys Vision 60 for autonomous industrial inspection in hazardous refinery environments

    2025-09-23 - Deployment - Ghost Robotics said it deployed the Vision 60 Q-UGV with gas-detection, thermal-imaging, and visual-inspection payloads to patrol refinery infrastructure. The case study said the robot navigated stairs, grating, narrow walkways, and uneven terrain while operating autonomously or by remote teleoperation. Ghost said the deployment reduced human entry into high-risk zones, lowered unplanned downtime through early anomaly detection, and enabled continuous 24/7 monitoring.

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  • Ghost Robotics deploys Vision 60 for earthquake disaster relief with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force

    2025-09-23 - Deployment - Ghost Robotics said quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles were used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in the Noto Peninsula after the January 2024 earthquake. The robots were used to deliver small payloads, conduct reconnaissance in unstable areas, and support communications where infrastructure was down. Ghost said the platform's four-legged mobility allowed it to traverse rubble, stairwells, and uneven debris-laden terrain during relief operations.

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  • AT&T and Ghost Robotics expand network-connected robotic dog offering for public safety and defense

    2023-01-24 - Partnership - AT&T said it expanded its solution offering to include network-connected robotic dogs in collaboration with Ghost Robotics for public safety, defense, and commercial users. The announcement tied the robots to FirstNet connectivity, BVLOS command and control, and payload options including cameras, sensors, drones, and robotic arms. AT&T also cited an early military use case at Tyndall Air Force Base, where the robots were used for flight-line and perimeter patrol.

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Context

Market context

Vision 60 is Ghost Robotics' quadruped robot for defence, security and field mobility missions.

  • Target environment: Outdoor field sites, defence areas, perimeter zones and unstructured terrain.
  • Workflow context: Legged mobility, remote operation, patrol, inspection, payload carriage and field sensing.
  • Deployment model: Commercial quadruped robot deployed by government, defence and industrial users.
  • Commercial maturity: Mature commercial quadruped platform used in defence and research deployments.
  • Adoption constraints: Requires payload integration, operator training, field charging, communications links and terrain validation.
  • Market position: Rugged legged robot platform associated with defence and field operations.
  • Adjacent products: Quadruped robot for patrol, inspection and payload work in challenging environments.

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