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Minitrucks Standard Robot

Minitrucks RoboticsMaterial Handling & Transport

Remote-controlled compact carrier for tight-access horizontal material transport

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Deployments: 3
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How it works on your site

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 and closed a EUR 1.5M seed round in January 2024.

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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Field outcomes

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SADE Travaux Spéciaux carried 560 cast-iron pipes through a narrow EDF tunnel with a Minitrucks robot for a 3.3 km water pipeline to Valmorel.

Valmorel Drinking Water Pipeline (Sade / EDF Tunnel), France

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Funeral stonemasons Marbrerie Cryslo, in Virazeil, and Marbrerie Bely, in Castelsarrasin, used the Minitrucks Standard Robot (Hydrosystem T-CM160) to move heavy granite monument parts and rubble along narrow cemetery paths by remote control.

Marble/Funeral Industry Operations (Predecessor Brand), France

Minitrucks Standard RobotMarbrerie Bely (Fabrice Bely)

Who has run it

2 deployments · 3 companies · 1 country

Will it work on your site

Surface: Paved, unpaved, tunnel floorsCemetery paths confirmed in funeral-industry press; submerged areas maker-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 combustionECM80: two swappable 15 kg Li-ion packs (Valmorel deployment); earlier E-CM80 listings show lead-acid batteries

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Electric range: 3 km per charge (ECM80, lead-acid)Li-ion variant: approx. 3.5 km (Prevention BTP); some models exceed 4 km (ConstructionBTP)
Control: Radio remote, handheld controllerTeleoperated; 1:1 operator-to-robot ratio; no CACES certification required
Crane accessory: 500 kg at 5 m reachSpider-crane frame (CARA member listing; CA160 chassis)
Operator training: No prior training or CACES certification requiredSpeed below 5 km/h exempts the robot from CACES; vendor provides on-site familiarization session
Gradeability: 25% slope with load20 degrees tilt without load; E-CM80 and T-CM80 models (distributor listing)