Independent robotics research
Every commercial robot, described the way a buyer needs it.
Coral Labs catalogues humanoids, quadrupeds, mobile robots, arms and end effectors with the numbers vendors bury: real duty cycle, payload at reach, support terms and what integration actually costs.
- 18
- Platforms catalogued
- 14
- Manufacturers tracked
- 9
- Robot categories
- 1998
- Researching robotics since
01 — Categories
Start from the class of machine
Nine categories, each with the buyer questions that decide whether the class fits your task at all before you compare individual models.
Humanoid robots
Bipedal platforms built for spaces designed around people
Quadruped robots
Four-legged inspection platforms for rough and unstructured ground
Robotic arms
Fixed and cobot arms for repeatable manipulation
Robotic hands and grippers
End effectors that decide whether a robot can do the job
Autonomous mobile robots
AMRs and AGVs for transport across floors and yards
Service robots
Delivery, cleaning and hospitality platforms for public spaces
Educational and research robots
Teaching and lab platforms with open software stacks
Social and companion robots
Interaction-first robots for reception, care and retail
Industrial cobots
Force-limited arms that share a workspace with people
02 — Catalogue
Platforms currently in review
Unitree G1
A compact research humanoid that put bipedal hardware within reach of university budgets. Best understood as a development platform rather than a production worker.
From $16,000Unitree RoboticsUnitree Go2
An entry-level quadruped used widely in teaching and light inspection trials, with an edge-compute variant for autonomy work.
From $1,600Unitree RoboticsUnitree H1
A full-size bipedal platform with high-torque joints, aimed at locomotion research and early industrial pilots.
From $90,000Boston DynamicsSpot
The most widely deployed industrial inspection quadruped, with a mature autonomy stack, documented payload ports and enterprise fleet software.
Contact for pricingBoston DynamicsStretch
A mobile case-handling robot built specifically for truck unloading and container work, with a vacuum end effector and onboard perception.
Contact for pricingAgility RoboticsDigit
A bipedal logistics robot designed to move totes between conveyors, shelving and mobile robots without changes to warehouse infrastructure.
Contact for pricing03 — Use cases
Where the economics work today
Warehouse and fulfilment
Tote handling, transport and replenishment
Manufacturing and assembly
Machine tending, line-side handling and assembly support
Industrial inspection
Autonomous rounds across plants, substations and process sites
Security and patrol
Monitoring and patrol for commercial and industrial sites
Laboratory automation
Sample handling and instrument tending in labs
Education and research
Teaching labs, STEM programmes and university research
Reception and visitor experience
Greeting, wayfinding and branded interaction
04 — Method
A lab, not a reseller
Coral Labs began as a university research group working on machine learning, grounded language and modular robotics. We take no vendor commission and accept no paid placements, so a listing here means we read the documentation, not the brochure.
- Sourced specifications
- Every figure traces to manufacturer documentation, and we mark what we could not verify.
- Deployment reality
- Integration, spares, servicing and floor requirements, not just headline specs.
- Watch-outs published
- Each platform lists where it disappoints, because that is what buyers ask us first.
- Continuously revised
- Entries are revisited as firmware, pricing and availability change.