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DLR TORO

DLR TORO is a full-size biped humanoid robot made by DLR (Germany), announced 2013. No price was published on the vendor channels checked on 20 Oct 2026. It has been demonstrated (vendor press release, dlr.de, 20 May 2014); no pilot or delivery is documented. The 7 specification values below are published figures and have not been independently measured.

No published priceDemonstratedMaker DLR
Price
No published price

Checked on dlr.de

dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026Vendor channels
Prices

Prices and availability are collected from vendor pages and public sources on the date shown; they change without notice. Verify with the vendor before purchase. Details

DLR TORO humanoid robot standing, front three-quarter view, vendor product photo

TORO standing, front three-quarter view.

Photo: DLR, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, product pagechecked 20 Oct 2026

Height
1.74 m

TORO

dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Weight
76 kg

TORO

dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Degrees of freedom
39

TORO

dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Announced
2013
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Video

DLR TORO on the vendor's channel

Control Applications of TORO - a Torque Controlled Humanoid Robot

Video © DLR RM, vendor channel, published 7 Apr 2015checked 20 Oct 2026

Opens from YouTube when played; watch on YouTube.

Status: from claim to delivery

  1. Claimed
  2. Demonstrated
  3. Piloting
  4. Shipped

Each level needs its own evidence; a pre-order or an announcement never counts as shipped. What each level requires.

DLR TORO status evidence by date with source
DateLevelEvidenceSource / checked
20 May 2014Demonstrated“The Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics presented the LRU rover and the walking robot TORO at the 2014 ILA.”Vendor press release
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
31 Aug 2018Demonstrated“Humans are slightly better, because we cheat, by bracing ourselves against things when our balance starts to go wonky. TORO, a humanoid robot created by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), can do the same:”Independent media
20 Oct 2026
20 Oct 2026Claimed“TORO (TOrque-controlled humanoid RObot) is a research platform for scientific topics dealing with bipedal movement and dynamics.”Vendor page
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026

Maker

Company

DLR

Country
Germany
Humanoids here
1 model
Other DLR humanoids

DLR TORO is the only DLR humanoid in the database as of this build.

Specifications

DLR TORO specifications by configuration with source and check date
SpecValueSource / checked
Height1.74 mTORO
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Weight76 kgTORO
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Degrees of freedom39TORO
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Hand DoF6TORO
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Payload10 kgTORO
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Walking speed0.5 m/sTORO
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
Battery runtime1 hTORO
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026

Values are the figures the source publishes, per configuration; configurations are never averaged. Units as published.

Height next to similar robots, cm · published figures
050100150200NineRay RayNex G3173DLR TORO174AgiBot RAISE A1175MenteeBot V3175MirrorMe Technology B…175

Price and where to buy

DLR TORO price by channel and configuration with source and check date
ChannelConfigurationPriceStatusSource / checked
Vendor channels—Not publishedchecked on dlr.deNo published price
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026

Links go to the maker's own store or product page only.

Prices

Prices and availability are collected from vendor pages and public sources on the date shown; they change without notice. Verify with the vendor before purchase. Details

Compare with similar robots

DLR TORO compared with similar humanoid robots
ModelHeight, cmWeight, kgDoFPriceAvailabilityEvidencePrice source / checked
DLR TOROthis page1747639Not publishedNo published priceDemonstrated
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026
AgiBot RAISE A11755549Not publishedNo published priceDemonstrated
21 Oct 2026
MenteeBot V31757040Not publishedNo published priceDemonstrated
20 Oct 2026
MirrorMe Technology Bolt17575—Not publishedNo published priceDemonstrated
21 Oct 2026
NineRay RayNex G31736032Not publishedNo published priceDemonstrated
21 Oct 2026

Height, weight and degrees of freedom are published figures; each card lists them by configuration with sources. All humanoid robots.

Sources and checks

3 sources back the facts on this card. Each was opened on the date shown. Elsewhere on the card a fact checked on 21 Oct 2026, the build date, carries only the dot; an older check date is printed in full.

Sources used on the DLR TORO card
Used forSource / checked
Official page · Announcement · Price · Price channel checked · Status evidence · Specs: height, weight, degrees of freedom, hand dof, payload, walking speed, battery runtime
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026/en/rm/research/robotic-systems/humanoids/toro
Status evidence
dlr.deVendor
20 Oct 2026/en/rm/latest/news/2014/impressions-from-ila-2014
Status evidence
20 Oct 2026/video-friday-toro-humanoid-robot

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