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Dingo Indoor Mobile Robot

Dingo Indoor Mobile Robot

Clearpath Robotics

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Dingo Indoor Mobile Robot

Clearpath Robotics

The Dingo Indoor Mobile Robot is a compact, lightweight indoor research platform manufactured by Clearpath Robotics (a Rockwell Automation company), available in differential-drive (Dingo-D) and omnidirectional/mecanum-wheel (Dingo-O) variants. It features a low-profile aluminum chassis (551×517×110 mm, 9.1 kg), a 20 kg payload capacity, 1.3 m/s top speed, and native ROS/ROS2 and Gazebo integration with a PACS™ mounting system for sensors and accessories. The platform is designed as a research and education tool, with demonstrated use in autonomous navigation, mobile manipulation, and mapping at institutions including Delft University of Technology and Polytechnique Montréal. Autonomy is platform-level: the Dingo provides the hardware and software substrate for autonomous behaviors, which researchers implement and validate; it does not ship as a turnkey autonomous product performing a fixed task.

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dimensions (vendor spec)
551 × 517 × 110 mm (21.7 × 20.3 × 4.33 in)
weight
9.1 kg (20 lbs) per vendor spec; third-party source states 14.5 kg (possible discrepancy)
max payload
20 kg (44 lbs)
max speed
1.3 m/s (2.9 mph)

Price

No public price — contact the supplier for a quote.

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Evidence-graded claims from the Clearpath Robotics deep report

Good
  • Clearpath Robotics partnered with Open Robotics to manufacture and distribute the TurtleBot 4, with over 16,000 TurtleBots sold/distributed.

    CBInsights [7], an independent commercial intelligence source, cites the 16,000+ TurtleBot figure and the Open Robotics partnership, providing third-party corroboration beyond vendor PR — though the exact split between TurtleBot 4 and prior models, and whether all units were sold vs. distributed free, remains unverified.

    from Clearpath Robotics deep report →
  • Rockwell Automation completed the acquisition of Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors, integrating both the research and industrial divisions.

    Rockwell Automation's official press release [10] and CBInsights [7] — an independent commercial intelligence platform — both confirm the completed acquisition, providing corroboration from a non-vendor source, though financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed.

    from Clearpath Robotics deep report →
Bad
  • OTTO Motors AMRs are fully autonomous for material handling — performing repetitive, often dangerous material-moving tasks without a human driving or performing the task itself.

    Only vendor (Clearpath blog [6]) and acquirer (Rockwell Automation press release [10]) sources describe the AMRs as autonomous; no independent teardown, third-party review, or user-community report in the dossier confirms that zero human teleoperation or remote task execution occurs in practice.

    from Clearpath Robotics deep report →
  • Clearpath's research UGV platforms (Husky, Jackal, Warthog) are deployed across mining, military, agriculture, aerospace, and academia.

    Sector deployment is confirmed only by vendor blog [5] and Rockwell press release [10]; no independent customer case study, procurement record, or third-party field report in the dossier verifies actual operational deployment at scale in any of these sectors.

    from Clearpath Robotics deep report →
  • OTTO Motors raised a $29 million Series C round to expand its autonomous mobile robots globally.

    The $29M Series C is reported by the vendor's own blog [6] and referenced in CBInsights [7], but no independent financial news outlet or regulatory filing in the dossier independently confirms the round's close, terms, or investor identities beyond BDC Capital.

    from Clearpath Robotics deep report →
Ugly
  • OTTO Motors industrial AMRs are deployed at scale in manufacturing and warehouse facilities (not merely in pilot or demo stages).

    No independent customer testimonial, site audit, fleet count, or third-party case study in the dossier confirms large-scale operational deployment; all deployment claims trace back to vendor blog [6] and acquirer press release [10], with zero independent verification of deployment breadth or customer outcomes.

    from Clearpath Robotics deep report →

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