ROBOTIS · research humanoid
THORMANG3
An open research biped from ROBOTIS built from its DYNAMIXEL-P servo actuators and run on ROS. It follows the THOR-MANG robots that ROBOTIS and Korean university teams took to the DARPA Robotics Challenge (2013 trials, 2015 finals).
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 138 cmTaller than 28%
- Weight
- 42 kgHeavier than 26%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
THORMANG3 is on the market today.
Real-world use
University and institute research labs
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
ROBOTISCompany · South KoreaHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
THORMANG3 is taller than 28% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
THORMANG3 is heavier than 26% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
THORMANG3 has more joints than 42% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for THORMANG3 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention THORMANG3 gets, from open data.
- 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.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 29 joints
- Chip
- NUC mini PC (Core i5/i7) (Intel)Two Intel NUC Core i5 computers handle control and perception.
- Actuators & motors
- 29 DoF from DYNAMIXEL-P (PH series) actuators: 10 x 200 W PH54-200, 11 x 100 W PH54-100 and 8 x 20 W PH42-020 (updated to DYNAMIXEL-P in June 2019).
- Sensors & vision
- Logitech C920 HD camera, optional Intel RealSense depth camera, optional Hokuyo UTM-30LX-EW lidar, MicroStrain 3DM-GX4-25 IMU, two ATI Mini58 force/torque sensors in the ankles.
- Compute
- Two Intel NUC computers with Core i5, 8 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD each; on-board wireless router.
- Battery & power
- Two packs: 22 V 22,000 mAh and 18.5 V 11,000 mAh.
- Materials & build
- 137.5 cm tall, 42 kg.
- AI & software
- Ubuntu LTS with ROS (Kinetic and Melodic packages); open-source motion, walking, balance and manipulation packages on GitHub under Apache-2.0.
Named suppliers:ROS (Open Robotics)IntelIntel RealSenseROBOTIS (Dynamixel)HokuyoATI Industrial AutomationMicroStrain
Lineage
Every ROBOTIS humanoid in order.
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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
- Sold or delivered
- Sold commercially as a research platform; unit count not reported
- Where it is sold or used
- South Korea (ROBOTIS)
- Customers and pilots
- University and institute research labs
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
| Measure | THORMANG3ROBOTIS |  REEM-CPAL RoboticsSame job: research · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2016-03 | 2013 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 138 cm | 165 cm |
| Weight | 42 kg | 80 kg |
| Joints | 29 | 44 |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | — | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | — | — |
Sources
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