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  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "fysical.ai / whatro.bot",
  "source": "https://github.com/fysical-ai/whatrobot-catalog",
  "url": "https://whatro.bot/robot/deep-robotics-lite3/",
  "html": "https://whatro.bot/robot/deep-robotics-lite3/",
  "taxonomy_version": "2026-01",
  "catalog_version": "2026-01",
  "handle": "deep-robotics-lite3",
  "name": "DEEP Robotics Lite3",
  "kind": "robot",
  "manufacturer": {
    "handle": "deep-robotics",
    "name": "DEEP Robotics",
    "country": "CN"
  },
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    "full_name": "Robot > Legged robot > Quadruped",
    "path": [
      {
        "id": "rb",
        "name": "Robot",
        "handle": "robot"
      },
      {
        "id": "rb-3",
        "name": "Legged robot",
        "handle": "legged"
      },
      {
        "id": "rb-3-1",
        "name": "Quadruped",
        "handle": "quadruped"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://whatro.bot/robots/legged/quadruped/"
  },
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    "legs": 4,
    "wheels_or_tracks": "none"
  },
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    {
      "name": "Lite3 (Basic)",
      "note": "obstacle auto-stop and person tracking"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lite3 Pro",
      "note": "adds Jetson Xavier NX, depth camera and forward obstacle avoidance; 12.7 kg, 4 kg payload"
    }
  ],
  "availability": "shipping",
  "release_year": 2023,
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      "education",
      "research"
    ],
    "application": [
      "research-platform",
      "education"
    ],
    "autonomy": "semi-autonomous",
    "environment": [
      "indoor",
      "outdoor"
    ],
    "mass": 12,
    "payload": 5,
    "battery_runtime": 90,
    "max_speed": 2.5,
    "sdk": [
      "proprietary"
    ]
  },
  "summary": "The Lite3 is DEEP Robotics' small education and research quadruped, about 12 kg with a 5 kg walking payload and 1.5-2 hours of runtime. The Pro tier adds an NVIDIA Jetson computer and depth camera for perception work. It is controlled from an Android app and offers a motion control SDK and API for secondary development.",
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    "product": "https://deeprobotics.cn/en/wap/product1.html"
  },
  "offers": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "DEEP Robotics Lite3 product page",
      "url": "https://deeprobotics.cn/en/wap/product1.html",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
        "specs",
        "facts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "RobotShop Lite3 Pro",
      "url": "https://www.robotshop.com/products/deep-robotics-lite3-pro-quadruped-robot",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
        "specs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: Deep Robotics",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Robotics",
      "accessed": "2026-10-28",
      "for": [
        "release_year"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "ip_rating",
    "price"
  ],
  "notes": "Price on request (DEEP Robotics 'Contact Sales'; RobotShop lists no price). Max speed 2.5 m/s is from the RobotShop Lite3 Pro page; the official page does not state speed. Official page says 12 kg / 5 kg payload; RobotShop Pro page says 12.7 kg / 4 kg. Reseller listings also name 'Lite3 Lidar' and 'Lite3 Venture' tiers, not confirmed on a fetched page. ROS is not mentioned by either source.",
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  "price": null,
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      "unit": null,
      "description": "Buyer groups that would plausibly buy this at list price."
    },
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      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "What the product is marketed to do. Each value belongs to one application group."
    },
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      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Highest level of unsupervised operation supported out of the box."
    },
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      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Environments the product is rated to operate in."
    },
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      "type": "number",
      "unit": "kg",
      "description": "Product mass as specified."
    },
    "payload": {
      "name": "Payload",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "kg",
      "description": "Rated payload. Arm: at the wrist. Mobile robot: on the deck. End-effector: held object."
    },
    "battery_runtime": {
      "name": "Battery runtime",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "min",
      "description": "Manufacturer-rated runtime on one charge."
    },
    "max_speed": {
      "name": "Max speed",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "m/s",
      "description": "Maximum locomotion speed."
    },
    "sdk": {
      "name": "SDK",
      "type": "enum",
      "unit": null,
      "description": "Officially supported programming interfaces."
    }
  }
}