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PAL TALOS at Toulouse

PAL Robotics' full-size torque-controlled bipedal humanoid, used in research institutions for manipulation and bipedal-locomotion work. A long-established research-grade humanoid platform (sold commercially to labs).

PAL TALOS by PAL Robotics · Operated by LAAS-CNRS · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified


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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of PAL Robotics

PAL Robotics footage of its TALOS research humanoid walking, grasping, and collaborating. A research-platform capability reel of engineered demonstrations.

LAAS-CNRS (Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systemes, CNRS Toulouse) operates a PAL Robotics TALOS humanoid as a primary research platform for whole-body loco-manipulation, dynamic walking, and dexterous manipulation. The LAAS-CNRS team (Olivier Stasse et al.) co-authored the original TALOS paper at the 2017 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots and has published extensively on control, planning, and motion generation using their TALOS unit. TALOS is a 1.75m, 95kg torque-controlled humanoid designed for industrial research.

Key facts

Robot
PAL Robotics TALOS (1.75m, 95kg, torque-controlled)
Use case
Whole-body loco-manipulation research, dynamic walking, dexterous manipulation
Deployment type
Academic/research lab
Key publications
IEEE-RAS Humanoids 2017 (Stasse et al.), multiple IROS/ICRA papers
Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
Last updated
2026-06-12
Model
PAL TALOS
Company
PAL Robotics
Location
Toulouse
Operator
LAAS-CNRS
Status
operational
First seen
2017-06-01
ID
d28986c5-bd52-48ce-94ef-3bcf13f511a8

Sources (2)

  1. PAL Robotics — TALOS product page listing research institution partners including LAAS-CNRS · https://pal-robotics.com/robots/talos/
  2. IEEE RAS 2017 — 'TALOS: A new humanoid research platform targeted for industrial applications' (Stasse et al., LAAS-CNRS team) · https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8246947
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-12

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

2
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Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for PAL TALOS at Toulouse.

Common questions

What is the PAL TALOS deployment at Toulouse?
PAL TALOS, built by PAL Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Toulouse on the DEPLOY registry. LAAS-CNRS operates the deployment.
Who operates PAL TALOS at Toulouse?
LAAS-CNRS operates this deployment as a customer of PAL Robotics, the manufacturer of PAL TALOS.
When did the PAL TALOS deployment at Toulouse go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting June 1, 2017 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the PAL TALOS deployment at Toulouse?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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