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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 PAL Robotics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Humanoids

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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

Safety record

No incidents on record for PAL TALOS at Toulouse.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
PAL TALOS
Company
PAL Robotics
Location
France/Toulouse
Operator
PAL Robotics
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
First seen
2017-06-01
ID
d28986c5-bd52-48ce-94ef-3bcf13f511a8

Timeline

  1. Jun 2017
    First recorded
    PAL TALOS first documented operating at Toulouse.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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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 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

2
unclassified
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. PAL Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates PAL TALOS at Toulouse?
PAL Robotics, the manufacturer of PAL TALOS, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
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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