Minitrucks Standard Robot

Minitrucks Robotics SAS · Material handling · Shipping since 2021

2 Confirmed Deployments
2 Unique Customers

Last updated: 2026-03

Summary

The Minitrucks Standard Robot is a compact, radio-controlled material handling cart available in electric and combustion variants, built on Minitrucks Robotics' hydraulic drive platform with two steerable axles. It carries, tows, and pushes loads from 500 kg to 2,500 kg across paved, unpaved, and underground surfaces, with the ECM80 model confirmed transporting 200 kg cast iron pipes through a confined tunnel at 55 cm chassis width. The company spun off from the Hydrosystem group in December 2023, closed a EUR 1.5M seed round in January 2024, and has two confirmed production deployments in France.

Minitrucks Standard Robot video
Horizontal Transport Receiving & Staging Last-Mile Delivery

How it works on your site

Horizontal Transport

The robot operates as a carrier, tractor, or pusher via radio remote control, with one operator driving the unit through passages as narrow as 55 cm. Two steerable axles allow near-zero turning radius in confined corridors. The crew loads and unloads materials; the robot replaces manual wheelbarrow runs on the horizontal legs.

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Receiving & Staging, Last-Mile Delivery

How it worked on other sites

Sade (Veolia subsidiary) at Valmorel Drinking Water Pipeline

Sade Travaux speciaux (Veolia)

Civil infrastructure · Valmorel, Savoie, France · 7-week engagement

  • 560 cast iron pipes (6 m long, 250 mm diameter, ~200 kg each) transported through confined EDF tunnel.
  • Zero manual-handling accidents reported across the 7-week deployment; 100% reduction in MSD risk (vendor-stated).

Marbrerie Cryslo and Marbrerie Bely

Marbrerie Cryslo

Marble/funeral industry · Lot-et-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne, France · Ongoing

  • Granite pieces transported on cemetery paths under 1 m wide; 3-ton monument positioned in one day.
  • Predecessor brand (pre-2021 Minitrucksystems); operational facts are indicative for current product line.

Will it work on your site

Surface Paved, unpaved, tunnel floors Cemetery paths confirmed in funeral-industry press; submerged areas vendor-stated only
Minimum passage width 550 mm (E-CM80 electric variant) T-CM80 combustion variant is 680 mm wide; confirmed in 1.5 m tunnel at Valmorel
Payload 800 kg (ECM80) Range across models: 650 kg to over 2 tonnes (CARA listing); larger models to 4 tonnes reported
Operating weight 190 kg (T-CM80) to 500 kg (R.GO) E-CM80 empty weight: 340 kg (distributor listing)
Travel speed 3.6 km/h (60 m/min) R.GO model; all models operate below 5 km/h per independent press
Power Electric or combustion ECM80: two swappable 15 kg Li-ion packs (Valmorel deployment); earlier E-CM80 listings show lead-acid batteries
Electric range 3 km per charge (ECM80, lead-acid) Li-ion variant: approx. 3.5 km (Prevention BTP); some models exceed 4 km (ConstructionBTP)
Battery life 4 hours LNS model only
Control Radio remote, handheld controller Teleoperated; 1:1 operator-to-robot ratio; no CACES certification required
Crane accessory 500 kg at 5 m reach Spider-crane frame (CARA member listing; CA160 chassis)
Operator training No prior training or CACES certification required Speed below 5 km/h exempts the robot from CACES; vendor provides on-site familiarization session
Gradeability 25% slope with load 20 degrees tilt without load; E-CM80 and T-CM80 models (distributor listing)

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