ROOT / ROBOTS // QUADRUPED ROBOTS
// Robots · decoded · deep-research pass
Quadruped Robots, decoded.
Four-legged platforms across work, inspection and defense.
CURATED INDEX◊ confidence: High
// the signal · what the data says
Quadrupeds are the commercially mature end of legged robotics: Boston Dynamics' Spot does industrial inspection, Ghost Robotics' Vision 60 arms up for defense, and Unitree collapsed the price to a few thousand dollars, seeding a global research base and grey-market payloads.
// comparison · every entry, benchmarked & annotated
| Name | Maker | Payload (kg) | Speed (m/s) | Runtime (h) | Price ($k) |
|---|
| Spot | Boston Dynamics | 14 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 75 |
| ◊ Industrial inspection standard |
| Vision 60 | Ghost Robotics | 10 | 3 | 3 | 120 |
| ◊ Defense/security, weaponizable |
| B2 | Unitree | 40 | 6 | 4 | 100 |
| ◊ Heavy payload, fast |
| X30 | DEEP Robotics | 20 | 4 | 2.5 | 60 |
| ◊ Industrial inspection, IP67 |
| Go2 | Unitree | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| ◊ Sub-$3k, hobby/research floor |
// leaderboard · Payload (kg)
01B240
02X3020
03Spot14
04Vision 6010
05Go28
// sources & where to verify
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◊ Deep-research pass, mid-2026. Headline/volatile figures web-verified against the sources above; engineering specs from primary/vendor data. Green = best value in column · confidence: High · verify volatile figures (prices, counts, live feeds) before publishing.