Name: Freight (research base)
Brand: Fetch Robotics (USA, later Zebra Technologies)

Fetch Robotics (USA, later Zebra Technologies) Freight (research base) (1)

Was ~$35,000Base price per IEEE's robot guide. At the 2015 launch Fetch said Freight cost under a third of the sub-$100,000 Fetch.

Discontinued · unavailableVia SSH / web / bridgeFetch's baseSICK lidarROS 1Discontinued

UnavailableShipping: Not for sale. Discontinued. Units occasionally change hands between labs, without factory support.

Remote control: ROS 1 runs on the on-board Ubuntu PC. A Linux workstation joins the ROS network over Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

Fetch Robotics (archive) ↗IEEE Spectrum (2015) ↗The Robot Report (wind-down) ↗

Overview

The mobile base under the Fetch mobile manipulator, also sold on its own as a research platform with a perforated top plate for custom payloads. Warehouse versions (Freight100, Freight500 and Freight1500) became Fetch's main commercial AMR line. Zebra bought Fetch in 2021 and wound the business down in 2025, so research units are no longer supported.

Specifications

Category	Wheeled rovers · Research mobile manipulators & platforms
Released	2015
Country	USA
Availability	Discontinued · unavailable
Programmability	Full SDK
Best for	Professionals & labs
Vision sensors	Lidar
Actuators	Unknown
Audio	Speaker
Compute type	x86 PC (Intel / AMD)
Remote control	Via SSH / web / bridge
Size	56 × 51 cm footprint, 36 cm tall, 68 kg
Drive	2-wheel differential with casters
Compute	Intel Core i3 (Haswell), 8 GB RAM, 120 GB SSD
Vision	None standard
Lidar	SICK TIM571 2D lidar (25 m, 220°)
Sensors	6-axis IMU, wheel encoders
Runtime	About 9 h (two 12 V sealed lead-acid batteries), autonomous docking
Speed	2.0 m/s max
SDK	ROS 1 (Indigo to Melodic), ROS Navigation, Gazebo simulation