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Flagship PlatformTALOS
PAL Robotics
PrivateBarcelona based robotics company founded in 2004 that developed the first fully autonomous humanoid biped robot in Europe. Flagship TALOS humanoid stands 1.75 meters with 32 degrees of freedom, capable of dynamic walking and industrial manipulation. Deployed at leading research institutions worldwide.
Founded 2004Undisclosed raised
Humanoid Robots
1 Humanoid RobotIntroduction
PAL Robotics is a Barcelona-based humanoid robotics company founded in 2004, one of Europe's longest-running developers of bipedal and service robots. Its lineup spans the REEM humanoid series, the TIAGo mobile manipulator, the TALOS industrial humanoid, and the Kangaroo bipedal platform for agile dynamic locomotion.
Technology
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AI Stack
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- ROS
TALOS Specs
Published operating specifications for the lead system.
Battery Life1.5 hours
Payload Capacity6 kg
Speed3 km/h
Degrees of Freedom32
2025Company MilestoneCorporate
Kangaroo extends PAL into agile bipedal locomotionThe latest addition is Kangaroo, a 160cm, 40kg bipedal platform with 28 degrees of freedom designed for jumping and running. The Technical University of Vienna became the first institution to receive Kangaroo.
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Management Team
Company Story
PAL Robotics is a Barcelona-based humanoid robotics company founded in 2004, one of Europe's longest-running developers of bipedal and service robots. Its lineup spans the REEM humanoid series, the TIAGo mobile manipulator, the TALOS industrial humanoid, and the Kangaroo bipedal platform for agile dynamic locomotion.
- 2004 - 2005
PAL Robotics begins Europe’s humanoid push
PAL Robotics was founded in 2004 in Barcelona by Francesco Ferro with the vision of creating Europe's first humanoid robot. The company introduced REEM-A in 2005, which could walk, play chess, and recognize faces.
BarcelonaREEM-A - 2008 - 2019
REEM, TALOS, TIAGo and ARI broaden the portfolio
REEM-B followed in 2008, and in 2017 PAL unveiled TALOS, a 1.75m, 100kg humanoid with 32 degrees of freedom designed for industrial tasks. TIAGo became widely adopted in research, and ARI launched in 2019. The company joined the PAL Technology Group from Abu Dhabi.
REEM-BTALOSTIAGoARI - 2025
Kangaroo extends PAL into agile bipedal locomotion
The latest addition is Kangaroo, a 160cm, 40kg bipedal platform with 28 degrees of freedom designed for jumping and running. The Technical University of Vienna became the first institution to receive Kangaroo.
KangarooDynamic locomotion - 2025
PAL reframes itself as a global research-platform supplier
PAL Robotics has evolved from pioneering European humanoid developer to a global supplier of advanced bipedal platforms.
Research institutionsGlobal