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NTU team wins two IROS 2026 awards with AgileX PiPER-X and Tongchui M1
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A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, won the fully autonomous category championship and the Best Autonomous Capability Award at the IROS 2026 LRC legged robot challenge. Its competition system consists of a Zhishen Technology Tongchui M1 quadruped robot with an AgileX Robotics PiPER-X robotic arm mounted on its back; a depth camera is installed at the end of the arm for hazardous-chemical label recognition. According to joint project materials from AgileX and Zhishen, the PiPER-X uses an end spherical-wrist joint design, has a payload of 1.5 kg, and can drive the camera to adjust viewing distance and angle; through device feedback, coordinate calibration and task scheduling, the team organized movement, observation and recognition into a complete autonomous inspection process. AgileX also notes that the relevant wiring configuration applies only to this project and does not mean all mobile platforms can directly adopt it; the repeat positioning accuracy of the robotic arm also does not equal the final positioning accuracy of the entire mobile operating system.
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- DEEP Robotics Tongchui M1 with AgileX PiPER-X Arm Helps NTU Team Win IROS 2026 LRC Fully Autonomous Group Championship and Best Autonomous Capability Award
At IROS 2026 LRC, a team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, used the DEEP Robotics Tongchui M1 quadruped robot with an AgileX Robotics PiPER-X robotic arm mounted on its back (with a depth camera on the end effector), winning the Fully Autonomous Group championship and the Best Autonomous Capability Award. The PiPER-X features a spherical wrist joint design at the end effector, has a payload of 1.5 kg, and can move the camera to adjust viewing distance and angle to complete hazardous chemical label recognition. Through device feedback, coordinate calibration, and task scheduling, the team organized movement, observation, and recognition into a complete autonomous inspection process.
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- AgileX PiPER-X and Zhishen Tongchui M1 Quadruped Mobile Manipulation Solution: A Case Study of the Double Award at IROS 2026 LRC
A team from Nanyang Technological University used a system combining the AgileX PiPER-X robotic arm and the Zhishen Technology Tongchui M1 quadruped robot to win the championship and the Best Autonomous Capability Award at the IROS 2026 LRC legged robot challenge, with the task scenario being local hazardous chemical label recognition.
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