Clearpath Robotics · working robot
Husky
A200
A four-wheel, skid-steer outdoor robot about the size of a large suitcase that labs fit with their own sensors and arms for field research. It grew out of the founders' student project on low-cost robots for clearing minefields; the A200 version was sold for over a decade before the Husky A300 replaced it in 2024.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 39 cmTaller than 22%
- Weight
- 50 kgHeavier than 28%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 3.6 km/hFaster than 14%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A discontinued machine from Clearpath Robotics (now part of Rockwell Automation).
Real-world use
Used in a NASA-funded HI-SEAS Mars-analog study in Hawaii in 2013 and in university projects such as Örebro University's gas-sensing Gasbot (2013).
Timeline
- First shown
- 2011
- Released
- 2012-05
Maker
Clearpath RoboticsCompany · founded 2009 · Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaUS$14M Series A (2015) and Series B (2016); acquired by Rockwell Automation in September 2023 for over US$600M
How it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Husky (A200) is taller than 22% of the 72 other working & field robots that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Husky (A200) is heavier than 28% of the 75 other working & field robots that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Husky (A200) is faster than 14% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 4 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Remote-controlled. It ships to be driven with a gamepad; research labs add their own software to test autonomy, so autonomy depends on the user.
- Actuators & motors
- Four-wheeled, DC motors; about 3.6 km/h (1 m/s).
- Hands
- No arm as standard; manipulators are optional payloads.
- Sensors & vision
- IMU, wheel odometry, battery voltage and motor-current sensing; customers add GPS, stereo cameras, lidar and arms.
- Compute
- Computer and sensor payloads to customer order.
- Battery & power
- 24 V 20 Ah sealed lead-acid, about 8 hours; 5, 12 and 24 V payload power.
- Materials & build
- Aluminium with a standard slotted-rail frame for payloads.
- AI & software
- ROS (Clearpath demonstrated ROS and NI LabVIEW versions at ICRA 2012); C++ and Python.
- Other details
- About 50 kg; 99 x 67 x 39 cm. Replaced by the Husky A300 (2 m/s, 100 kg payload, up to 12 h) announced in October 2024.
Lineage
Every Clearpath Robotics (now part of Rockwell Automation) machine in order.
Watch Husky (A200)
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Widely sold to research labs; numbers not published
- Where it is sold or used
- Clearpath Robotics, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Rockwell Automation since 2023)
- Customers and pilots
- NASA-funded HI-SEAS Mars analogue study with Cornell, University of Hawaii and CMU (2013); University of Coimbra demining project
News
The latest 4, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Clearpath launches Husky A300
Clearpath, now part of Rockwell Automation, announced the next-generation Husky A300 with brushless motors, 2 m/s speed and 100 kg payload.
Clearpath Robotics - Rockwell buys Clearpath
IEEE Spectrum reported Rockwell Automation's purchase of Clearpath and OTTO Motors and asked what happens to research robots like Husky.
IEEE Spectrum - Husky becomes a landmine detector
University of Coimbra fitted a donated Husky with GPS, stereo vision, a laser and a metal-detector arm for humanitarian demining research.
IEEE Spectrum - Husky trains for NASA HI-SEAS
Clearpath said a Husky A200 joined crew training in Utah ahead of the four-month HI-SEAS Mars simulation in Hawaii.
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Sources
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