PAL Robotics TIAGOvsPAL Robotics TIAGo Head

Close call. TIAGO and TIAGo Head trade wins across the matrix.

TIAGO

1 wins

TIAGo Head

2 wins

Category breakdown

Readiness, uptime, navigation & connectivity

TIAGO

78
Deployment readiness
62
60
Maintenance confidence
60
Vision-led navigation (estimated)
Navigation
Vision-led navigation (estimated)
Wi-Fi / cloud fleet management (estimated)
Connectivity
Wi-Fi / cloud fleet management (estimated)

Price accessibility and ROI clarity

TIAGo Head

Payload, speed, runtime & labor replacement

TIAGo Head

35
Labor replacement
35
70 kg base; 150 kg with AI variant; 3 kg arm fully extended
Payload
None (tabletop head only, no manipulation)
1.5 m/s max
Speed
N/A (stationary head)
36V 20Ah Li-Ion (runtime not specified)
Battery
Mains powered (110V/230V AC)

Environment fit, footprint & long-term upside

Even

72
Environment fit
72
76
Future potential
78
54 cm diameter / 30 cm height (base); dual-arm variant TIAGo++ reaches 1.75 m high
Footprint
320 × 255 × 450 mm (W × D × H)

TIAGO · Best for

Research platform for mobile manipulation and human-robot interaction studies in academic labs

TIAGo Head · Best for

University robotics labs: Multi-year student projects in HRI, gesture recognition, dialogue systems

Final judgment

If immediate deployment is the priority, choose TIAGO. If the goal is to be ready when TIAGo Head's capabilities mature, track it.