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by Boston DynamicsUnited States
Quadruped robot from Boston Dynamics for autonomous inspection, data capture and condition monitoring in industrial facilities. Details according to the manufacturer.
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- Manufacturer
- Boston Dynamics
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Quadruped robots
- Guide price
- on request
About the category
What it is
Quadruped robots can also handle stairs, thresholds and uneven ground where wheels reach their limits. Equipped with cameras, thermal, gas or acoustic sensors, they take over recurring inspection rounds in facilities. Smaller models serve as open platforms for research and teaching.
What companies use them for
- Inspection rounds in chemicals, energy and utilities: reading gauges, detecting leaks and heat.
- Documenting and surveying construction sites and buildings.
- Missions in areas that are dangerous for people.
- Research on locomotion and robot learning.
What to look for when buying
- Payload and connectors for sensors, runtime per battery charge.
- Ingress protection and approval for the environment, e.g. dust, water or explosive atmospheres.
- Autonomy: learning routes, self-docking, integration with the control room or maintenance.
- For research: SDK, ROS 2 and a simulation model.
Integration & effortEffort: medium
Routes are taught once, after which the robot runs them on its own. Effort comes from feeding readings into maintenance or the control room, Wi-Fi or mobile coverage on site and, where needed, explosion protection. Research platforms need their own programming.
Software that fits
- ROS 2 (opens in a new tab)Open source · Apache-2.0Standard framework for connecting sensors, control and your own algorithms across vendors.
- Nav2 (opens in a new tab)Open sourceNavigation framework for ROS 2 with localisation, path planning and obstacle avoidance.
- Isaac Lab (opens in a new tab)Open source · BSD-3-ClauseTrains robot skills such as walking and grasping with reinforcement learning in simulation.
- MuJoCo (opens in a new tab)Open source · Apache-2.0Fast physics simulation, widely used in research on locomotion and robot learning.
Licence details without guarantee — the project’s own licence is authoritative. We can set up and integrate it for you at a fixed price.
Simulation
How it runs in your operation
A simplified, typical sequence — not a recording of a real deployment.
Define checkpoints and measurement tasks once.
The robot walks the round, including stairs.
Record gauges, temperature, noise and gas.
Deviations go straight to the control room or maintenance.
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