UC Berkeley Humanoid Lite vs K-Scale K-Bot
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid Lite is 60 cm shorter (80 vs 140 cm) and 18 kg lighter (16 vs 34 kg) than K-Bot. Berkeley Humanoid Lite has 2 more degrees of freedom (22 vs 20) than K-Bot. Both score 100/100 on openness. Availability for both: diy build.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid Lite | K-Scale LabsK-Scale K-Bot | Δ first − second |
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| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | K-Scale Labs | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Discontinued | |
| Availability | DIY build | DIY build | |
| Country | United States | United States | |
| Year | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 80cm | 140cm | −60 cm (-43%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 34kg | −18 kg (-53%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 22 | 20 | +2 (+10%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 10kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | 240min | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | —unsourced | 8,999USD | |
| Actuators (differs) | BLDC motors with 3D-printed cycloidal gearboxes | RobStride RS00 x2, RS02 x6, RS03 x8, RS04 x4 | |
| Compute | —unsourced | Raspberry Pi 5 | |
| Sensors | —unsourced | cameras, microphones, head sensor array | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score | 100/ 100 | 100/ 100 | = |
| CAD (25) | public | public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | public | public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) | public | public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) | public | public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L2 | L1 | |
| Sources (differs) | 3 | 7 | |
| Last checked (differs) | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-25 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Berkeley Humanoid Lite, K-Bot.
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