PAL TALOS vs ROBOTIS OP3
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
TALOS is 124 cm taller (175 vs 51 cm) and 91.5 kg heavier (95 vs 3.5 kg) than ROBOTIS OP3. TALOS has 12 more degrees of freedom (32 vs 20) than ROBOTIS OP3. Openness score: TALOS 30, ROBOTIS OP3 45 (of 100); only ROBOTIS OP3 publishes FW. Availability for both: buy.
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| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | PAL Robotics | ROBOTIS | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status | Active | Active | |
| Availability | Buy | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | Spain | South Korea | |
| Year | 2017 | —unsourced | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 175cm | 51cm | +124 cm (+243%) |
| Mass (differs) | 95kg | 3.5kg | +91.5 kg (+2614%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 32 | 20 | +12 (+60%) |
| Payload | 6kg | —unsourced | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | 90min | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 36.6Wh | |
| Price | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Actuators (differs) | torque-controlled joints with torque sensors | 20x Dynamixel XM430-W350-R | |
| Compute (differs) | Ubuntu LTS real-time, EtherCAT 2 kHz | Intel NUC i3, 8GB RAM | |
| Sensors (differs) | joint torque sensors, F/T wrists and ankles, IMU | Logitech C920 camera, 9-axis IMU | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 30/ 100 | 45/ 100 | −15 |
| CAD (25) | not public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | not public | not public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) | not public | not public | |
| Verification level | L2 | L2 | |
| Sources | 2 | 2 | |
| Last checked | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-24 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: TALOS, ROBOTIS OP3.
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