Facts

• Company: DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
• Product type: Anthropomorphic Biped
• Status: research
• Capability focus: Locomotion
• Website: https://www.dlr.de/rm/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Timeline / Research
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

TORO is DLR torque-controlled humanoid robot research platform. It is used to study bipedal locomotion, stair climbing, balance, multi-contact movement and whole-body dynamics for humanoid robots operating in human-scale environments.

Overview

TORO is DLR torque-controlled humanoid robot research platform. It is used to study bipedal locomotion, stair climbing, balance, multi-contact movement and whole-body dynamics for humanoid robots operating in human-scale environments.

Market context

TORO is DLR's torque-controlled humanoid research robot for bipedal walking, whole-body balance and manipulation research.

• Target environment: Research labs, industrial pilots, service demonstrations and structured environments where humanoid hardware can be tested or deployed.
• Workflow context: Locomotion, manipulation, human-robot interaction, embodied AI testing and task execution in controlled settings.
• Customer context: Robot developers, research teams, industrial partners and service operators evaluating humanoid systems.
• Deployment model: Research-stage platform used for experimentation, validation and robotics development.
• Commercial maturity: Research-oriented maturity, strongest as a platform for learning, testing or technical validation.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on safety, useful task coverage, manipulation reliability, operating time, support and proof outside demonstrations.
• Market position: DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics positions TORO (TOrque-controlled humanoid RObot) in the humanoid lane, where body format, autonomy and task evidence determine differen…
• Adjacent products: Figure 03, Apptronik Apollo, Unitree G1, Agility Digit

Audience

Researchers

Workflow

Locomotion, manipulation, human-robot interaction, embodied AI testing and task execution in controlled settings.

Capability

locomotion

Deployment environment

Research labs, industrial pilots, service demonstrations and structured environments where humanoid hardware can be tested or deployed.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Researchers
• Workflow: Locomotion, manipulation, human-robot interaction, embodied AI testing and task execution in controlled settings.
• Capability: locomotion
• Deployment environment: Research labs, industrial pilots, service demonstrations and structured environments where humanoid hardware can be tested or deployed.

Specifications

• Height: 174 cm
• Weight: 76 kg
• Dof: 39
• Payload Capacity: 10 kg
• Control Interface: Position and torque control modes
• Actuation: Based on KUKA-DLR Lightweight Robot arm drives
• Manipulation: Whole-body manipulation and multi-contact control research

Tags

• Peer Group: Humanoid research platform
• Capability: Whole-body control, Bipedal locomotion, Force control
• Deployment Environment: Research lab
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Research platform

Timeline / Research

• 2014-11-18 - Research Publication - DLR publishes overview paper for torque-controlled humanoid TORO - DLR published an overview of TORO at the 2014 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots.

Comparable Systems

• SA01 - ENGINEAI - Humanoid