PAL debuts manipulator

PAL Robotics says it will unveil a new robot for advanced manipulation at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Vienna on June 1-5, 2026. (pal-robotics.com) Manipulation is the part of robotics that lets a machine reach, grasp, move, and place objects, not just drive around or avoid obstacles. PAL said the new platform is built as a flexible tool for research and commercial work, with support for real-time control, data generation, and testing behaviors outside simulation. (pal-robotics.com) The company said it will also show TIAGo Pro, its mobile manipulator, and KANGAROO, its latest humanoid, at ICRA 2026. PAL’s event page says the booth will focus on turning “the latest technological breakthroughs” into “reliable robotic solutions,” with TIAGo Pro and KANGAROO named as the featured systems. (pal-robotics.com) TIAGo Pro is a wheeled robot with arms, cameras, and onboard software for navigation, perception, and object handling in one machine. PAL’s product page says it is aimed at mobile manipulation work and runs on ROS 2, the open-source robotics software stack widely used in labs and pilot deployments. (pal-robotics.com, docs.pal-robotics.com) PAL has been framing TIAGo Pro around teleoperation, where a person guides the robot remotely, and around collecting data for artificial intelligence training. In a separate company preview, PAL said visitors would be able to try teleoperation demos that show how real-world robot control can feed learning systems. (roboticsandautomationnews.com, pal-robotics.com) KANGAROO is PAL’s bipedal humanoid platform, designed to study dynamic walking and whole-body motion rather than warehouse-style rolling mobility. PAL’s ICRA page describes it as a humanoid focused on “dynamic bipedal robotics,” putting it in the part of the field chasing balance, agility, and human-scale movement. (pal-robotics.com) The timing lines up with a broader push to move manipulation research from polished demos to repeatable tasks on physical machines. PAL is also sponsoring the Mobile Manipulation Track at the 11th Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition at ICRA 2026, where teams are asked to combine bimanual manipulation, navigation, and perception on one platform. (rgmc_mmt.pal-robotics.com) ICRA remains one of the main annual venues where robot makers show new hardware to researchers, startup founders, and industrial buyers in the same week. The 2026 conference site lists workshops on June 1 and June 5, underscoring that the Vienna meeting runs as a full industry-and-research gathering, not just a paper conference. (2026.ieee-icra.org) PAL has not yet published full specifications, pricing, or a commercial release date for the new manipulation robot. For now, the clearest signal is where the company plans to show it: on the ICRA floor, next to TIAGo Pro and KANGAROO, in front of the people who build and buy robots. (pal-robotics.com, pal-robotics.com)