Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation announced that the company successfully completed assembly of the Beta version of the Guardian® XT™ teleoperated dexterous mobile robotic avatar system at the end of 2021, as scheduled. The Guardian XT robot is an upper-body variant of the award-winning Sarcos Guardian® XO® full-body, battery-powered industrial exoskeleton. The Guardian XT system is a dual-armed teleoperated robot designed to perform tasks with human-like dexterity while keeping the operator at a safe distance in challenging and hazardous conditions, including at height.

It is platform-agnostic and modular, enabling the robot to be mounted to a variety of mobile bases. The Beta version of the Guardian XT robot incorporates several technical improvements from the Alpha robot, including additional degrees of freedom in the wrist, upgraded software, more advanced end-effectors, and enhancements to the proprietary SenSuit™ motion capture controller.