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C.A.N.I.S.

Compact Autonomous Networked Inspection System. A 42 kg quadruped engineered for industrial crawlspaces, pipe racks, and last-mile contested terrain.

Length1.10 m
Mass42 kg
Payload14 kg
Runtime5.5 h
Prototype build | rev 2
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Node 01: Sensor mast

16-line lidar and a thermal-acoustic head on a short mast — high enough to see over its own back while crawling under pipework.

SpecificationPrototype · targets
Length1.10 m
Height at stance0.72 m
Mass42 kg
Degrees of freedom12
Payload14 kg
Top speed3.2 m/s
Runtime, patrol duty5.5 h
SensingLidar + thermal + acoustic
ControlContact-scheduled MPC
IngressIP66
Locomotion

Four gaits,
one leg set

Switched dynamically based on terrain slope, overhead clearance, and power budget.

Speed0.9 m/s
Duty cycleThree feet down
Power cost210 W
Operational role

Default patrol gait. One leg in flight at a time, so a failed foothold never costs the body.

Why four legs and not two

Humanoids are built to operate human infrastructure (doors, levers, stair risers). Quadrupeds are built to fit where humans cannot: low conduits, under conveyors, and unstable talus slopes.

C.A.N.I.S. carries its centre of mass below the hip line during crawl mode, giving it static stability on slopes up to 45 degrees.

Static + dynamic stability
Missions

What it
gets sent to do

Four standard operational envelopes where sending a wheeled robot or human team is cost-prohibitive or hazardous.

M-01

Last-mile recce

Forward patrol beyond vehicle drop-off in broken culverts, dense foliage and collapsed structures.

M-02

EOD support

Stretcher hitch, disruptor mount, and standoff chemical/explosive vapor sniffers on the dorsal rail.

M-03

Perimeter patrol

Continuous 5.5-hour scheduled patrols around high-value facilities with acoustic and thermal anomaly alerts.

M-04

Plant inspection

Thermal pipe leak detection, gauge reading, and vibration analysis in hazardous petrochemical plants.

Payloads

What it
carries

Standardized mechanical rail and unified CAN-FD / Gigabit Ethernet interface for rapid payload swaps in the field.

P-01

Manipulator arm

5-DOF dexterous arm with 4 kg lift capacity for valve turning, door opening and sample retrieval.

P-02

Mesh repeater

Mobile radio relay extending operational range for human teams in underground tunnels and metallic vaults.

P-03

Gas & radiation sniffer

Multi-sensor chemical array for HAZMAT response and post-blast environmental sampling.

P-04

Survey lidar turret

High-density 32-line scanner for millimetre-accuracy 3D digital twins of industrial facilities.