$4,399Top3DShop; launched at $2,899 early-bird / $3,899 MSRP
AvailableWheel balanceDirect-driveROS 1/2~3 h runtimeNot small
Weeks+Shipping: 2–4 wks. Top3DShop lists it in stock with a 2–3 week lead; RobotShop backordered; DDT direct is contact-only. Top3DShop ↗
Overview
Excellent, quiet, research-grade balancer, but at 23 kg it's a lab robot, not a desk bot. Carries 4 kg standing. Buy it for real ROS navigation and payload work. For learning balance control, the $300–500 kits teach the same physics.
Specifications
| Category | Bipeds · Wheel-legged balancers |
|---|---|
| Released | 2022 |
| Availability | Available |
| Programmability | Full SDK |
| Best for | Professionals & labs |
| Vision sensors | No vision sensors |
| Actuators | Brushless / direct-drive motors |
| Audio | No audio |
| Compute type | Raspberry Pi, Arduino / ESP32 / microcontroller |
| Balance type | Wheel balance |
| Height | 49 cm standing / 27 cm crouched |
| Weight | 22.9 kg |
| Compute | Raspberry Pi (model unconfirmed) + motion controller |
| Speed | 2 m/s |
| DOF | 6 direct-drive M1502D joints (incl. wheels) |
| Sensors | IMU; mounts for lidar/cameras (none standard) |
| Balance | Active wheel-legged balancing on gearless direct-drive motors; jumps ~8 cm and recovers from shoves in demos. |
| SDK | ROS 1 / ROS 2 SDK, Webots sim, Isaac RL samples (GitHub DDTRobot) |
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