Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) · robot dog
HyQ2Max
A tougher, higher-torque redesign of HyQ with a larger joint range and no added weight. Speed and size come from a review table that cites IIT papers.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 92 cmTaller than 95%
- Weight
- 80 kgHeavier than 93%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 5.4 km/hFaster than 12%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A retired machine from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT).
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)Government lab · founded 2003 · Genoa, ItalyAbout EUR 90 million a year from the Italian government; RobotCub received EUR 8.5 million from the European Commission
How it stacks up
Against other robot dogs that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
HyQ2Max is taller than 95% of the 22 other robot dogs that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
HyQ2Max is heavier than 93% of the 41 other robot dogs that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
HyQ2Max is faster than 12% of the 34 other robot dogs that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
HyQ2Max has more joints than 0% of the 23 other robot dogs that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, 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
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 12 joints
- How it runs
- Assisted. Researchers commanded its movement while its controllers handled balance, recovery and rough terrain.
- Actuators & motors
- Hydraulic joint actuators with much higher joint torque and larger range of motion than HyQ, at no overall weight cost
- Compute
- On-board computer, protected inside the structure
- Materials & build
- 7000-series aerospace aluminium torso and legs, tubular roll frames, glass-fibre/Kevlar covers protecting hydraulics and electronics
Lineage
Every Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) machine in order.
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) also makes 8 humanoids. See every Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) robot
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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
- Built
- Research robot
- Sold or delivered
- not sold
- Where it is sold or used
- IIT Dynamic Legged Systems lab, Genoa, Italy
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | HyQ2MaxIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) |  LaikagoUnitree RoboticsSame job: research · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar size |  MinitaurGhost RoboticsSame job: research · Both walk · Both past robots |  MIT Cheetah 2MIT Biomimetic Robotics LabSame job: research · Both walk · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2015 | 2017-09 | 2016 | 2014-09-15 |
| Status | Retired | Discontinued | Discontinued | Retired |
| Height | 92 cm | 60 cm | — | — |
| Weight | 80 kg | 22 kg | — | — |
| Joints | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| Speed | 5.4 km/h | 5 km/h | 7.2 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | 9 kg | — | — |
| Battery | — | 3 h | — | — |
| Price | — | $45,000 | $10,000 | — |
Sources
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