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OP3

Miniature bipedal research platform for locomotion and HRI labs — not yet commercial.

Future Tracking
Pricing
$11K – $14K
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Procurement brief

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A buyer-facing summary of site fit, ROI confidence, supplier readiness, and the next action Robofy should capture.

Decision snapshot
Future Tracking
Deployment readiness
35Verify
ROI confidence
25Verify
Site fit
70Review
Maintenance load
40Medium
Buyer next move

Use this moment to capture buying intent before the user drifts back into research mode.

Build ROI case
Payback lens
Pilot

Directional estimate based on price, labor offset, and readiness scores.

Buying model
Purchase led

$11K - $14K

Supplier readiness
Supplier identified

Available

Best-fit demand signals
University robotics labs developing bipedal walking algorithms and balance controllers
Computer vision research using onboard HD camera for object tracking and SLAM
RoboCup soccer competition development (open-source hardware and control)
Physical Presence

How it stands in your space.

Side-by-side with a 180 cm adult, so you can feel the robot's footprint, height, and presence before it ever rolls in.

180 cm adult
Height1.20 m
Width600 mm
Depth600 mm
Weight50 kg
Payload~3.5 kg (total unit weight)

Compared with a 180 cm adult, OP3 stands at approximately waist-to-chest height.

180 cm adult

Specifications

Specifications

Payload
~3.5 kg (total unit weight)
Battery life
30 minutes per charge (1800 mAh LiPo)
Speed
24 cm/sec (default walking speed, user-modifiable)
Height
1200 mm
Width
600 mm
Depth
600 mm
Weight
50 kg
Navigation
Vision-led navigation (estimated)
Connectivity
Wi-Fi / cloud fleet management (estimated)
Charging
Manual / battery swap
Environment
Indoor
Capabilities

What this robot can do.

Navigation & autonomy
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Multi-floor
  • Elevator support
Interaction
  • Voice interaction
  • Screen interaction
Operations & fleet
  • Autonomous charging
  • Fleet management
Environment
  • Indoor
  • Outdoor
Robofy Decision Panel

Should you deploy it?

0–100 — higher is stronger, except where noted.

Deployment
35

How operationally ready this robot is for production deployment today.

ROI clarity
25

Confidence in the published ROI numbers — how likely the savings actually materialize.

Labor replacement
15

Share of the human task this category can credibly offload.

Environment fit
70

Fit with your target environment — lighting, floor type, congestion.

Maintenance risklower is better
40

Expected maintenance load and downtime risk. Lower is better.

Future potential
75

Long-horizon strategic upside — where the platform points 3+ years out.

Robofy verdict

Buy only if you run a robotics lab focused on bipedal walking, balance control, or human-robot interaction research. Skip if you need a deployment-ready service robot—this is a research testbed, not a commercial platform.

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Best for

When to deploy this.

  • University robotics labs developing bipedal walking algorithms and balance controllers
  • Computer vision research using onboard HD camera for object tracking and SLAM
  • RoboCup soccer competition development (open-source hardware and control)
Limitations

When to skip it.

  • 30-minute battery life requires frequent charging during research sessions
  • Requires assembly and custom ROS2 stack tuning; not pre-integrated for first-time users
  • Light weight (3.5 kg) and no real payload capacity; cannot carry tools or sensors for applied tasks
Data Sources

What's verified, what's estimated.

Robofy separates manufacturer-confirmed facts from operator estimates. Anything not yet press-sourced or supplier-confirmed is tagged so you can decide how much weight to give it.

Trust45

Pricing from ROBOTIS US store and HumanoidHub distributor listings (2026); dimensions and DOF from RobotLAB official spec sheet; actuator and computing upgrades from official ROBOTIS e-Manual and 2025 ROS2 release notes; motor-level feedback and control capabilities inferred from ROS ecosystem documentation; battery and sensor list from official product specs.

How It Works

From rollout to recharge.

  1. 01

    Teach by demonstration

    Engineers walk the humanoid through the target task, recording motion and contact data.

  2. 02

    Train task policy

    Sensor traces feed a learned policy that generalizes the demonstrated behavior across the workspace.

  3. 03

    Whole-body manipulation

    The robot executes the task with full-body coordination — handling tools, totes, or load points autonomously.

  4. 04

    Pilot loop & refine

    Failures and exceptions feed back into training; the policy improves with each shift logged.

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Scene preview · arriving in Phase 2

Scene preview · arriving in Phase 2
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