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Specialized robots - POLCERO

One core module, four chassis

At a glance

The same core module - control, AI and hot-swap batteries - on the chassis your terrain needs: legged, tracked, wheeled or wheel-leg.

We build robots around the client’s specific process - starting from our own prototypes, adapted to purpose. We fit the technology to the process, not the other way around.

PriceOn request

Platforms

The same core module on four interchangeable chassis - choose the platform for your terrain.

Legged robot

Legged robot

The core module on a legged chassis. Clears stairs, curbs and terrain that wheels cannot.

Drive
Legged chassis (4 legs)
Terrain
Stairs, obstacles, uneven ground
Tracked robot

Tracked robot

A tracked chassis for rough, uneven ground, construction sites and fieldwork.

Drive
Tracked chassis
Terrain
Unpaved, rough terrain, construction sites
Wheeled robot

Wheeled robot

A fast, quiet wheeled chassis for industrial floors, warehouses and monitoring.

Drive
Wheeled chassis
Terrain
Floors, warehouses, flat ground
Wheel-leg robot

Wheel-leg robot

A hybrid wheel-leg chassis: rolls on the flat and clears obstacles and rails.

Drive
Wheel-leg chassis
Terrain
Flat ground, obstacles and rails

The specialized line, robot by robot

Every one of these is the same core module — control, AI and hot-swap batteries — on a different chassis. Keep the brain and the task modules; change the platform to match the ground. Add or remove arms, a gripper, a harvest head or a sensor mast at the quick-release connector.

POLCERO legged robot

Stairs, obstacles, uneven ground

Legged robot

A four-legged chassis that clears stairs, curbs and broken ground no wheel can take. It walks inspection routes through plants, substations and sites laid out for people, not machines.

Modular options: Add one or two arms with a gripper for manipulation, or a sensor mast for inspection. Swap to a wheeled or tracked base when the ground turns flat or soft.

POLCERO tracked robot

Unpaved, heavy terrain, construction sites

Tracked robot

A tracked chassis for mud, rubble and steep, unpaved ground. It carries load across a construction site or open field where wheels bog down and legs are too slow.

Modular options: Fit a logistics carrier for heavy transport, an arm for handling, or a survey mast for BIM inspection. The same body moves to legs or wheels when the job changes.

POLCERO wheeled robot

Floors, warehouses, flat ground

Wheeled robot

A fast, quiet wheeled chassis for industrial floors and warehouses — about 2.5× more energy-efficient than legs on flat ground. Ideal for patrol, monitoring and internal transport.

Modular options: Add arms and a gripper for pick-and-place, a sensor mast for monitoring, or a carrier for transport. Move the core module to a tracked base to leave the pavement.

POLCERO wheel-leg robot

Flat ground, obstacles and rails

Wheel-leg robot

A hybrid wheel-leg chassis: it rolls fast on the flat and, when it meets a step, a curb or a rail, the legs lift the wheels over. One platform for mixed environments that would otherwise need two robots.

Modular options: Arms, gripper, harvest head or sensor mast all mount at the quick-release connector. Drop the legs for a pure wheeled base, or add them back when the route gets rough.

POLCERO arm robot fixed on a platform or machine

Production lines, mobile machines, headers

Arm on a platform

The core module fixed at a single point — on a production line, or mounted on a moving machine or header. On a lettuce-harvest header, for example, the arms cut and lay the crop straight onto the belt as the machine advances.

Modular options: Choose one or two arms with a gripper, cutter or harvest head. Mount it stationary on a line, or on any host machine that carries it through the field.

POLCERO robot running on rails

Greenhouses, rows, fixed routes

Robot on rails

A rail-guided version for greenhouses and glasshouses laid out in fixed rows. It runs the heated pipe rails between crops for precise, repeatable spraying, monitoring and selective harvest.

Modular options: Add a spray or fertigation head, a sensor mast or a soft gripper. The same core module lifts off the rails onto a wheeled or wheel-leg base for open ground.

Use cases

What we use this model for.

  • 01Inspection and monitoring on hard terrain
  • 02Patrolling infrastructure and facilities
  • 03Fieldwork and off-road transport
  • 04Work and material transport on construction sites
  • 05Internal transport and monitoring on floors

Modular construction

The common core stays the same: chassis, controls, perception and a quick-release tool connector. The working end and the program change - not the whole machine. We mount the core module (control system + AI) on any specialized chassis, or add legs and arms to make a humanoid. Add a task module - arms with a gripper, a harvest head or a weeding laser - and the same robot takes on the next job.

Core moduleCore moduleControl, perception and AI in one module.
Swappable chassisSwappable chassisWheeled, tracked, legged or wheel-leg.
Swappable batteriesSwappable batteriesThree hot-swap batteries in the back.
PerceptionPerceptionCameras, LiDAR, on-device compute.
POLCERO hot-swap battery pack

Battery and power

Each robot runs on three hot-swap battery packs seated in the core module. A pack is a self-contained 48 V unit, so power scales with the number of packs and a depleted one is replaced without tools while the robot keeps working on the others.

Pack voltage
48 V hot-swap
Pack energy
≈ 864 Wh each
Packs in the core module
3 (≈ 2.6 kWh total)
Runtime on battery
≈ 5 h typical duty
On direct power
24/7 (tethered or grid)
Swap time
< 60 s per pack, tool-free

Self-swapping batteries — no downtime

The robot never fully powers down to recharge. It rotates its three packs one at a time, running on the remaining two while a spent pack charges — so a shift does not stop for the battery.

How a POLCERO robot swaps its own battery

The robot does it itself

  1. Sensing a pack running low, the robot drives to the charging dock and holds state on the two remaining packs.
  2. An arm reaches to the back of the core module, releases the latch and lifts out the depleted pack.
  3. It seats the pack in a free bay of the 4-bay dock and takes a fully charged one in its place.
  4. The fresh pack clicks in; the robot repeats for each pack in turn and returns to work — never off, never idle.

A person can do it in seconds

  1. No shutdown and no tools: the packs are hot-swappable while the robot stands ready.
  2. Press the latch on the back of the core module and pull the pack straight out.
  3. Slide a charged pack in until it clicks home — the robot picks up where it left off.

Battery status and the charging station

Every pack reports its own state, so the robot and its operators always know when to swap. A 4-bay charging station keeps a rotation of packs ready, and the robot docks to swap its own packs during work.

Live per-pack state
State of charge, health and temperature for each of the three packs, in real time.
Predictive swap
The system schedules the next swap before a pack runs out, so work is never interrupted mid-task.
4-bay charging dock
Four charging inputs keep spare packs topped up and ready for the next rotation.
Autonomous docking
The robot rotates its own packs at the dock during a shift — no operator and no downtime.
POLCERO battery-status dashboard and 4-bay charging station

How the robot sees

The robot builds one picture of the world from several views at once. A wide-field binocular head gives a left and a right image; comparing them yields depth; on top of that the AI layer adds a perception view that names objects, surfaces and people.

Left

The left eye of the binocular head — a wide-field colour view of the scene.

Right

The right eye — the second colour view the robot compares against the left.

Depth

Stereo disparity between left and right yields distance to every point in the frame.

Perception

The AI layer labels objects, surfaces, obstacles and people, and plans the next move on-device.

The four views a POLCERO robot builds of the world

Perception mast

On a specialized chassis the core module carries an added mast of tools and cameras for the task at hand.

LiDAR + ultrasonic

Chassis LiDAR and ultrasonic sensors map rough terrain and catch obstacles beyond the cameras.

Multispectral / thermal

Optional multispectral and thermal imaging for crop health, inspection and night work.

On-device compute

Detection and planning run on-device; data and compliance stay in the EU.

Two ways to power it: batteries or the grid

The robot is autonomous on batteries, but where a site can supply power it runs straight off the grid through a cable — no packs to rotate, no downtime, lower running cost.

01

Hot-swap batteries

Fully mobile and autonomous. Three packs rotate through the charging dock so the robot roams anywhere without a tether.

02

Direct power (cable)

For a fixed station or 24/7 duty, the robot draws power over a cable and runs continuously — the batteries become a backup.

03

Grid infrastructure

In halls, factories and greenhouses we install fixed power rails; outdoors, on fields and yards, overhead conductor lines like tram catenary. The robot draws from the line and tops up its packs while it works.

Specification

Construction

Material
Aluminium & composites
Modular construction
Yes
Core module (control + AI)
Yes
Quick-release tool connector
Yes

Drive & mobility

Drive
4 interchangeable chassis
Terrain
Legged · tracked · wheeled · wheel-leg

Manipulation

Number of arms
Optional (0-2)
Task modules
Gripper · harvest head · laser
Swappable end-effectors
Optional

Power

Hot-swap batteries
3
Swap without downtime
Yes
Local operation (on-device AI)
Yes

Perception

RGBD
Yes
LiDAR
Yes
IMU
Yes

AI & software

POLCERO OS
Yes
Learning by demonstration
Yes
Data & compliance in the EU
Yes

Values are design assumptions; the product is under development and configuration may change. Please confirm details with sales.