Not for saleUniversity research robot, never sold (October 2026 check). Year from the IEEE ICRA 2013 paper. The X2 version followed in 2015.
Not for sale (research)Palm-sizedGuinness record4.9 m/s (X2)Cockroach-inspired
Not for saleShipping: Not for sale. Not available. A university research robot.
Overview
A 10 cm, 30 g cockroach-inspired hexapod that ran at 2.7 m/s, presented in 2013 as the fastest legged robot relative to its size. Two motors drive all six legs, and a passive plastic wing damps rolling and pitching at high speed. The 2015 X2-VelociRoACH, with 3D-printed parts and fiberglass legs, reached 4.9 m/s and holds the Guinness record for the fastest 3D-printed robot. It stays a lab platform, though its open-source successor OpenRoACH (2019) came from the same lab.
Specifications
| Category | Multi-legged robots · Research & legacy |
|---|---|
| Released | 2013 |
| Country | USA |
| Availability | Not for sale (research) |
| Programmability | No programmability |
| Built-in autonomy | None / scripted · Moves only when controlled, or plays preset motions |
| LLM support | None · No built-in LLM and no public SDK to connect one. |
| Best for | Professionals & labs |
| Vision sensors | No vision sensors |
| Actuators | DC / gear motors |
| Audio | No audio |
| Compute type | Arduino / ESP32 / microcontroller |
| Compute | ImageProc board with a 40 MHz microprocessor, IMU, 802.15.4 radio and motor drivers |
| Weight | 30 g, 10 cm long (X2-VelociRoACH 54 g) |
| Speed | 2.7 m/s (VelociRoACH), 4.9 m/s (X2-VelociRoACH) |
| Legs / DOF | 2 (two 7 mm coreless DC motors, one per side, driving six legs through linkages) |
| Sensors | IMU (3-axis gyroscope), magnetic motor encoders, motor back-EMF sensing |
| SDK | None for buyers. The lab's ImageProc control board design is published on GitHub |
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