Actuation
Hydraulics
Fluid power systems for high-force dynamic robots and industrial machines.
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Popularity
- Not available
- Robots Using
- 0
- Companies Using
- 0
- First Introduced
- 2006
- Status
- Active
- Category
- Actuation
- Countries
- Not available
What is Hydraulics?
Hydraulics is a core capability in modern robotics — Fluid power systems for high-force dynamic robots and industrial machines.
Engineering teams integrate hydraulics into perception, planning, or control pipelines depending on the platform and task.
Hydraulics is catalogued in the RoboDex technology library. Adoption links will appear as robots and companies are verified against this technology.
Advantages
- Widely documented across the Actuation stack
- Connects naturally to neighboring technologies
- Supports commercial and research deployments
Limitations
- Integration cost varies by platform
- Performance depends on sensors and compute
- Standards and tooling continue to evolve
Future outlook
Hydraulics continues to deepen as robotics moves toward more autonomous, general-purpose systems.
Key concepts
Core idea
Fluid power systems for high-force dynamic robots and industrial machines.
In the stack
Usually appears alongside servo motors.
Difficulty
Advanced — expect specialist engineering depth.
Category
Filed under Actuation in the RoboDex library.
Robots using Hydraulics
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How Hydraulics evolved
- 1966
Foundations
Early research lays groundwork for what becomes Hydraulics.
- 1994
Laboratory systems
Prototypes prove the concept in controlled environments.
- 2006
Archive milestone
Hydraulics reaches broad visibility in commercial and research robots.
- 2024+
Modern deployments
Production fleets and humanoids adopt refined variants at scale.
- 2026
Next wave
Tighter coupling with AI, simulation, and full-stack autonomy.
Real-world use
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Fast facts
Robots Using
0
Companies
0
Countries
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Research Papers
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Commercial Since
2006
Popularity
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