TRON 2 is a multi-form embodied humanoid robot from LimX Dynamics (China), building on the TRON 1 biped platform by adding a full upper body. Standing approximately 157 cm tall, it features dual 7-DoF robotic arms with a 70 cm reach and 5 kg payload per arm at full extension. The robot maintains TRON 1's hybrid bipedal/wheeled mobility, capable of up to 3 m/s in bipedal mode and 5 m/s in wheel-assisted mode, handling 15-degree slopes when walking and 30 degrees in wheel mode. Designed as an "all-in-one data platform" for collecting real-world training data for humanoid AI development, it records visual, motion, and interaction data to improve via reinforcement learning.
Primary use case: Research
Height
157 cm
DOF
31
Payload
30 kg
Price
$21K
Height
157 cm
Degrees of Freedom
31
Locomotion
bipedal
Hand Type
unknown
Payload
30 kg
Max Lift/Arm
10 kg
Autonomy Level
unknown
AI Capabilities
vision, manipulation, learning
Price
$21K
Availability
Available
Primary Use Case
Research
Tokyo-based O-ID has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by TAWANI Ventures, with participation from Hustle Fund, Techstars and angel investors, to move its modular industrial robot from prototype toward production. The company is developing a platform with hot-swappable joints, limbs and compute units that will allow on-site repairs in minutes, targeting Japanese automotive manufacturing and logistics, with specifications including 172 cm height, 70 kg weight, 16 kg payload and 30 degrees of freedom.
The Shenzhen-based robotics firm brings its six-month funding total to $400 million while demonstrating its COSA 0.5 operating system through autonomous, long-horizon mobile manipulation.
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