PAL Robotics · retail humanoid
REEM
A wheeled service humanoid with a touchscreen chest, built to guide and inform visitors in malls, airports and events. Payload is 30 kg on its back (1 kg per arm). Current availability not confirmed.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 170 cmTaller than 59%
- Weight
- 90 kgHeavier than 79%
- Payload
- 30 kgCarries more than 89%
- Speed
- 4.0 km/hFaster than 39%
- Battery
- 8 hRuns longer than 75%
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Why it matters
A discontinued humanoid from PAL Robotics.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2010
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
PAL RoboticsCompany · founded 2004 · Barcelona, SpainPrivately held; early humanoids were developed for Abu Dhabi-based Pal Technology (Gulf News, 2008); no venture rounds found
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
REEM is taller than 59% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
REEM is heavier than 79% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
REEM is faster than 39% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
REEM carries more than 89% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
REEM has more joints than 17% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
REEM runs longer than 75% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- 139 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (REEM)
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Wheeled base · 22 joints
- Battery & power
- Up to 8 hours of operating time from a lithium battery (PAL Robotics, 2011).
- Other details
- Wheeled base with a top speed of 5 km/h; touchscreen torso, two motorised arms and motorised head; a small platform for transporting objects (PAL Robotics, 2011).
Lineage
Every PAL Robotics humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: 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 | REEMPAL Robotics | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useOliviaA*STAR Social Robotics LabSame jobs: social, retail · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Nexi (MDS robot)MIT Media Lab Personal Robots Group (Cynthia Breazeal) with UMass Amherst and Meka RoboticsSame job: social · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  DreamerUniversity of Texas at Austin and Meka RoboticsSame job: social · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2010 | 2009 | 2008-04 | 2012 |
| Status | Discontinued | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | 170 cm | — | — | — |
| Weight | 90 kg | — | — | — |
| Joints | 22 | — | — | — |
| Speed | 4 km/h | — | — | — |
| Payload | 30 kg | — | — | — |
| Battery | 8 h | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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