Kangaroo Robot

Kangaroo is a bipedal research platform for exploring advanced control methods for locomotion, manipulation and whole body control. The robot is human size and its lightweight design with low moving inertia in the legs, make it suitable for highly dynamic motion such as jumping and running. Each leg has 6 degrees of freedom, and a hanging leg mass of only 6.5 kg thanks to the placement of all actuators close to the torso — allowing for impact resilience and reduced energy consumption during locomotion.

Fig. 1 Kangaroo configurations: lower body, 4 DoF arms, 7 DoF arms.

Parameter	Value
Height	1.60 m
Weight	50–65 kg (platform dependent)
Total DoF	14–40 (platform dependent)
Leg DoF	6 per leg
Max speed	2 m/s
Battery autonomy	Up to 3 hours
Control loop	EtherCAT 2 kHz

Kangaroo is available in multiple upper body configurations to fit different research needs:

Configuration	Description
Biped	Lower body only
4 DoF Arms	7 kg payload (fully extended)
5 DoF Arms	5 kg payload (fully extended)
7 DoF Arms	3 kg payload (fully extended)
HRI	Human-Robot Interaction configuration

Note: Replace the video below with Kangaroo RL walking, unven terrain and jumping.