The Body
The chassis that carries everything and takes the load. Where the power and swap-mounts live. Built to handle the forces of climbing while keeping the system modular.
Design Locked · Prototype Stage
TALON
Multi-terrain climbing robot
You can't build one robot that climbs everything. So we built one body and three feet.
Built at
Network SchoolVirtuals ProtocolLab
Every shift, already sorted
Cadence drafts fair rotations, balances the real workload, and keeps nights quiet — so coverage stops being a weekly negotiation.
Wraps around the object and holds by friction. Doesn't need the surface to cooperate — bark roughness actually helps. Climbs by inchworm gait: grip upper, release lower, shuffle up.
Next weekAuto-drafted
Aya
Marco
Priya
Tomás
Balanced across 3 time zones
Next weekAuto-drafted
Aya
Marco
Priya
Tomás
Balanced across 3 time zones
Tree · Pole · Pipe · Truss
Anatomy
What's inside TALON
Strip away the feet and every version of TALON is the same four things.
The Limbs
Actuated joints that reach, grip, and drive the climbing gait. This is where torque decides everything. High-torque geared actuators that lock and hold when the power cuts.
The Brain
The controller running the loop — reading force and joint angles, deciding the next move. Sense, decide, act, repeat. Every decision logged and reviewable.
The Power
Battery and delivery. The quiet constraint — runtime and charging downtime cap how long it can stay on a site. Moving past hobby servos to humanoid-grade joints.
Engineering in the open.
From hobby servos to humanoid-grade actuators. Every failure documented, every redesign shared. The gap between prototype and production, measured in torque.
Torque capacity
0.2 N·m hobby servo → 120 N·m humanoid-grade joint
0%Surface coverage
Three grip systems for trees, glass, and concrete walls
0%Modular payloads
Clean, fix, pluck, inspect — swap for the job
0%
0x
torque improvement target
Target · 120 N·m
Current · 0.2 N·m
Actuation gap being documented in the open
What it does up there
Climbing is only half of it. The same base carries a swappable payload — so once it's on the surface, it can work.
Use cases
Climb a glass tower and wash the facade — no cradle, no scaffold, no rope crew. The suction foot makes it possible.
View Post Glass facades
Use Case: Clean
Foot: Suction · Payload: Wash head
Reach a truss, pipe rack, or scaffold joint and do inspection or a small repair in place. The clamp foot handles the rough surfaces.
View Post Industrial structures
Use Case: Fix
Foot: Clamp · Payload: Tool arm
Climb a trunk and harvest fruit from branches a ladder can't safely reach. The clamp foot wraps around the tree.
View Post Agriculture
Use Case: Pluck
Foot: Clamp · Payload: Gripper
Carry a sensor head to check for cracks, heat, or leaks where access is expensive to set up. Any foot, sensor payload.
View Post Infrastructure monitoring
Use Case: Inspect
Foot: Any · Payload: Sensor head
One climbing base. Swap the foot for the surface, swap the payload for the job. The robot stops being a one-time sale and starts earning every time it works.
View Post Built in public
The Vision
Modular · Surface-matched · Payload-swappable
Where TALON stands
From prototype to production. Each stage brings us closer to real-world climbing on real structures.
Every plan includes unlimited viewers, API access, and two-factor authentication.
Production
TargetReal sites, higher torque, field ready
$120/ month per seat
- Seats
- 120 N·m torque
- Support
- Open documentation
- Uptime
- Field testing
What we're building:
- Humanoid-grade actuators
- All three grip systems
- Extended runtime battery
- Payload swap mechanism
- Field-tested reliability
14-day free trial. No card required.
Frequently asked questions
Answers organized the way you evaluate — from first login to security review.
Grip System
How the three feet work and when to use each.
A tree, a glass tower, and a concrete wall are three different robots at the foot. The body, limbs, and brain can stay the same. The thing that touches the surface cannot. So TALON keeps one climbing base and swaps the foot to match the surface.
Built in public
It breaks. Then it climbs.
Follow the daily build at Network School's Virtuals Lab. Watch the 3D prints, see the torque tests, read the engineering notes. Every failure documented, every redesign shared.
Project TALON · Network School · Virtuals Lab