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REEM-C
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PAL Robotics · research humanoid

REEM-C

An adult-sized ROS-based bipedal humanoid, 1.65 m and 80 kg, offered off the shelf to labs; the DoF value counts arms and hands as listed by ROS documentation.

Price
—About EUR 300,000; no USD list price published
Height
165 cmTaller than 49%
Weight
80 kgHeavier than 73%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published
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Not for sale: Listed by PAL Robotics under 'Legacy Robots' ('Hall of Fame')

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Why it matters

PAL Robotics' first commercial biped, sold as a research platform for universities.

Real-world use

Bought by research labs including the University of Waterloo (2019).

Timeline

First shown
2013
Released
2013
PAL Robotics launch

Maker

PAL RoboticsCompany · founded 2004 · Barcelona, Spain

Privately 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.

  1. Agile JustinGerman Aerospace Center (DLR) · 2012191 cm
  2. Atlas (DRC hydraulic Atlas)Boston Dynamics (for DARPA) · 2013188 cm
  3. Valkyrie (R5)NASA Johnson Space Center · 2013188 cm
  4. TOROGerman Aerospace Center (DLR) · 2013174 cm
  5. REEM-CPAL Robotics · 2013165 cm
  6. Diego-sanUC San Diego Machine Perception Lab with Kokoro and Hanson Robotics · 2013130 cm
  7. RoboyUniversity of Zurich AI Lab · 2013130 cm
  8. KiroboToyota, Dentsu, University of Tokyo RCAST and Robo Garage · 201334 cm

REEM-C is taller than 49% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Height 165 cm 34 cm213 cm #144 of 306 · taller than 49%

Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.

What it has been shown doing

We checked public videos and press for REEM-C and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.

Public attention

How much public attention REEM-C gets, from open data.

  • 443 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (REEM)
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Hands
simple
Movement
Walks on legs · 44 joints
Actuators & motors
22 brushless and 14 brushed DC motors.
Sensors & vision
Force/torque sensors and range finders on each foot, stereo camera and 4 microphones (ROS).
Compute
Two Intel Core i7-2710QE computers at 2.10 GHz, each with 4 GB RAM and a 60 GB SSD (PAL Robotics, 2013).
Battery & power
48 V, 1,225 Wh lithium-ion; about 3 hours walking and 6 hours on standby (euRobotics).
AI & software
Ubuntu Linux with ROS, ros_control (200 Hz real-time loop), OROCOS, Gazebo simulation with URDF model and MoveIt!; PAL supplied walking, grasping, navigation and human-robot interaction software.
Other details
Lifts and carries up to 10 kg (euRobotics).

Named suppliers:ROS (Open Robotics)IntelRenishaw (RLS)

Lineage

Every PAL Robotics humanoid in order.

  1. REEM-AREEM-A2005Retired
  2. REEM-BREEM-B2008Retired
  3. REEMREEM2010Discontinued
  4. REEM-CREEM-C2013Commercial
  5. TIAGoTIAGo2015Commercial
  6. TALOSTALOS2017Commercial
  7. ARIARI2020Commercial
  8. KangarooKangaroo2023Commercial

Watch REEM-C

Video: PAL Robotics (@PALRobotics) on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not publishedAbout EUR 300,000; no USD list price published
How to get one
Not for saleListed by PAL Robotics under 'Legacy Robots' ('Hall of Fame')
Sold or delivered
Sold to research labs; unit count not published

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. PAL promotes REEM-C as an off-the-shelf research biped

    euRobotics carried PAL's launch notice highlighting full ROS integration and a 10 kg payload.

    euRobotics

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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureREEM-CREEM-CPAL RoboticsTHORMANG3THORMANG3ROBOTISSame job: research · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots
First shown20132016-03
StatusCommercialCommercial
Height165 cm138 cm
Weight80 kg42 kg
Joints4429
Speed——
Payload——
Battery——
Price——

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

euRobotics PAL Robotics launches humanoid biped robot REEM-C ROS Robots REEM-C University of Waterloo (MERX) Notice of intent to award a single source contract: REEM-C Humanoid Robot PAL Robotics Unplug and play with REEM-C humanoid robot!

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