Allex
Humanoid robot platform for research and development
$180,000
WIRobotics ALLEX — General-Purpose Humanoid ALLEX is WIRobotics’ first universal humanoid platform, introduced as an upper-body system with human-like responsiveness and safe physical interaction. Instead of relying only on vision and position control, ALLEX senses and reacts to contact, force, and impact across the arms, fingers, and waist for more natural collaboration.
Released: 2024
Overview
ALLEX focuses on touch-aware manipulation. Its 15-DOF hands and compliant, backdrivable actuators let it feel subtle contact forces and adjust grip on the fly—useful for tasks that mix precision with safety around people. A gravity-compensated waist supports whole-body compliance for high-load operations without sacrificing agility. WIRobotics is evolving ALLEX into a modular platform (arms, hands, body, leader/teleop systems) and advancing the “brains” via a partnership with RLWRLD, alongside collaborations with MIT, UIUC, UMass, and KIST. The initial upper-body debut (Aug 18, 2025, KOREATECH Robot Innovation Hub) sets the stage for full-body locomotion and field demonstrations aimed at real-world deployment.
Key Features
- Overall DOF: Not specified
- Hand DOF / Fingers: 15 DOF, 10 fingers
- Height / Weight: Not specified
- Top/Walking Speed: Not specified
- Strength / Payload: up to 30 kg (hook-grip)
- Runtime per charge: Not specified
- Human Safety / IP: Not specified
- Verification: Not verified
- Motors: Proprietary ultra-low-friction, high-load electric actuators
- Control: Integrated position/force/stiffness control; highly backdrivable
- Waist: Gravity-compensated for whole-body compliance
- Hand performance: ~100 gf reaction-force sensitivity (without tactile sensors); ≤ 0.3 mm fingertip repeatability; up to 40 N fingertip force
- Mass efficiency: ~0.7 kg per hand; ~5 kg shoulder-down assembly; ≥ 3 kg per hand across full workspace
- Gears / Materials: Not specified
Applications & Use Cases
Commercial cleaning · Home service · Logistics · R&D platforms · Human-robot interaction pilots
Technical Specifications
Total: 4/10 — Navigation 2/5 · Manipulation 2/5
Navigation (2/5) evaluated on: obstacle avoidance; stand-up after a fall; 100 m run; stair ascent/descent; jump & land Manipulation (2/5) evaluated on: logistics sorting; assembly assist; dishwasher load/unload; garment folding; threading a needle
• LLM/AI: Strategic partnership with RLWRLD (physical-AI development)
• CPU/GPU / OS / Cameras / Connectivity: Not specified
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