Company
PAL Robotics
PAL Robotics is a Spanish robotics company based in Barcelona (founded 2004), one of Europe's longest-running humanoid and service robotics developers.
- Founded
- 2004
- HQ
- Barcelona, Spain
- Status
- private
- Models
- 1
Verified profile
10
Sources on record
1
Tracked changes
Updated 1 month ago
Last verified change
Overview
PAL Robotics is a Spanish robotics company based in Barcelona (founded 2004), one of Europe's longest-running humanoid and service robotics developers. The TALOS humanoid research platform is a full-size bipedal robot used in academic and industrial research, along with the REEM-C and TIAGo robot families.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (2)
- Francesco Ferro Co-Founder, CEOsince 2004-01-01secondary-verified
- Albert Sanes Co-Founder, CTOsince 2004-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Francesco Ferrocofounderfounded 2004-01-01
- Albert Sanescofounderfounded 2004-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for PAL Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- LAAS-CNRS1 deployment
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- AgiBot4 models
- Tesla4 models
- 1X Technologies3 models
- Agility Robotics3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- EIC Fund + strategic2022-03-01
$44M(reported)
Investors: European Innovation Council Fund (lead)
Sources (10)
- https://pal-robotics.com/news/robots-on-the-move-pal-robotics-brings-tiago-pro-and-kangaroo-to-asia/
- https://pal-robotics.com/blog/kangaroo-robot-from-prototype-to-your-trusted-research-companion/
- https://pal-robotics.com/blog/kangaroo-robot-free-walking-thanks-to-the-latest-developments-in-software-and-hardware/
- https://www.robotics247.com/article/automatica-2025-pal-robotics-to-demonstrate-humanoid-embodied-ai
- https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com/pal-robotics-launches-tiago-omni-mobile-manipulation-robot/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/tiago-robot-pal-robotics-ready-two-armed-tasks/
- https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/pal-robotics-kangaroo-humanoid
- https://pal-robotics.com/blog/how-pal-robotics-powers-eu-research-projects-adrf-2025/
- https://www.advancednavigation.com/case-studies/advancing-humanoid-robots-pal-robotics-strides-forward-with-orientus/
- https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com/pal-robotics-tiago-pro-mobile-manipulator/
Common questions
- What is PAL Robotics?
- PAL Robotics is a Spanish robotics company based in Barcelona (founded 2004), one of Europe's longest-running humanoid and service robotics developers. The TALOS humanoid research platform is a full-size bipedal robot used in academic and industrial research, along with the REEM-C and TIAGo robot families.
- Where is PAL Robotics based?
- PAL Robotics is based in Barcelona, Spain.
- When was PAL Robotics founded?
- PAL Robotics was founded in 2004.
- What does PAL Robotics make?
- PAL Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: PAL TALOS (PAL Robotics builds physical robots).
- Where does PAL Robotics operate robots?
- PAL Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is PAL Robotics safe?
- PAL Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 10 sources (4 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for PAL Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- AgiBot4 models
- Tesla4 models
- 1X Technologies3 models
- Agility Robotics3 models
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/pal-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/pal-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c0786bec-3c97-4fd0-abca-4cb243c58936
- Revision history: /companies/pal-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- AgiBot4 models
- Tesla4 models
- 1X Technologies3 models
- Agility Robotics3 models
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
28.6/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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Dimension breakdown
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IP Activity
Hiring Signal
Market Presence
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
Intelligence layer