HyQ / HyQReal

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Not for sale (research)HydraulicEuropePulled a plane

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Overview

IIT's hydraulic quadruped family, among Europe's leading legged-robot research lines through the 2010s. HyQReal (2019) famously pulled a 3.3-tonne passenger airplane. The line fed Italian research into torque-controlled locomotion and legged inspection.

Type: Quadruped robot · Research & legacy platforms
Maker: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy)
Released: 2010
Price: Not for sale
Status: Not for sale (research)
Best for: Professionals & labs
Programming: No programmability

Price and shipping

Lab research platforms.

Shipping: N/A. Lab platform. Not for sale (one HyQ copy went to ETH Zurich in 2013).

Specifications

Category	Quadrupeds · Research & legacy platforms
Released	2010
Country	Italy
Availability	Not for sale (research)
Programmability	No programmability
Built-in autonomy	Reactive · Responds to its surroundings without a map, such as avoiding obstacles or following a person
LLM support	None · No built-in LLM and no SDK to connect one.
Best for	Professionals & labs
Vision sensors	Camera, Depth camera, Lidar
Actuators	Hydraulic / pneumatic
Audio	No audio
Compute type	x86 PC (Intel / AMD)
Compute	HyQ: PC104 Pentium with real-time Linux (Xenomai), HyQReal: two onboard computers (vision and control)
Weight	80 kg (HyQ, off-board hydraulics, 100 kg with on-board power), 140 kg (HyQReal)
Speed	Walk/trot/run up to 2 m/s (HyQ)
DOF	12 hydraulic
Sensors	Joint position and torque sensors, IMU, hydraulic pressure, stereo camera, lidar
SDK	None public