🇪🇸 PAL Robotics Kangaroo
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Score breakdown
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Kangaroo is a next-generation bipedal humanoid unveiled in 2021, standing 160 cm and weighing 35-40 kg. It uses custom ball-screw linear actuators in a serial-parallel hybrid architecture, representing a shift from TALOS's design.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
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No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
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Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
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Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
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Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
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Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
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Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
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Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
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Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
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Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
PAL Robotics Kangaroo in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with Deep Robotics DR01 →Kangaroo is a humanoid robot from PAL Robotics in Spain, and it is commercially available. It scores 27.6 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 150th of 169.
On the leaderboard it sits between Deep Robotics DR01 (HMX 28.3) and Hanson Desdemona (HMX 27.3).
Against the 169 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is commercial readiness & deployment (94.0 against a median of 67.0) and its clearest weakness is autonomy & intelligence (20.0 against 70.0).
By the published specifications, it is lighter than 79% of the 125 other humanoid robots publishing a weight (37.5 kg).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy only in research settings. No deployment is on record.
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 2 cited sources, as of 2026-08.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-08
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest at /robot/pal-kangaroo/manifest.json, with a free API key · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the PAL Robotics Kangaroo
How much does the PAL Robotics Kangaroo cost?
PAL Robotics has not published a price for the PAL Robotics Kangaroo, and none is estimated here.
What are the PAL Robotics Kangaroo's specs?
Published specifications: height 160 cm, weight 37.5 kg. Not published: payload, speed, runtime, degrees of freedom and degrees of freedom per hand.
Is the PAL Robotics Kangaroo autonomous?
The PAL Robotics Kangaroo has demonstrated autonomy only in research settings. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the PAL Robotics Kangaroo compare to the Deep Robotics DR01?
On the HMX, the PAL Robotics Kangaroo scores 27.6 and the Deep Robotics DR01 28.3. The PAL Robotics Kangaroo leads on commercial readiness & deployment; the Deep Robotics DR01 leads on mobility & locomotion and ecosystem & viability.
Who makes the PAL Robotics Kangaroo?
The PAL Robotics Kangaroo is made by PAL Robotics, in Spain.
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Version history · 3 versions and 1 earlier update
Full history →Nothing is deleted: every version of this record is kept, with what changed in each.
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Version 543 · 23 Oct 2026, 07:08 UTC · score then 27.6
- battery (kWh): — → 0.976
- status: prototype → commercial
Changed by: Update Kangaroo (confirmed: status, battery_kwh) (published automatically) -
Version 351 · 15 Sep 2026, 04:28 UTC · score then 17.7No field changed; the score was recalculated.Changed by a direct correction or a scoring update, not a research proposal.
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First recorded version · 6 Sep 2026, 05:24 UTC · score then 17.7The record as it stood when full copies began to be kept.