UC Berkeley Humanoid Lite vs MenteeBot
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid Lite is 95 cm shorter (80 vs 175 cm) and 54 kg lighter (16 vs 70 kg) than MenteeBot. Berkeley Humanoid Lite has 18 fewer degrees of freedom (22 vs 40) than MenteeBot. Openness score: Berkeley Humanoid Lite 100, MenteeBot 0 (of 100); only Berkeley Humanoid Lite publishes CAD, BOM, SIM, FW, SW and POL. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid Lite diy build, MenteeBot not for sale.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid Lite | Mentee RoboticsMenteeBot | Δ first − second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | Mentee Robotics | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Announced | |
| Availability (differs) | DIY build | Not for sale | |
| Country (differs) | United States | Israel | |
| Year (differs) | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 80cm | 175cm | −95 cm (-54%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 70kg | −54 kg (-77%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 22 | 40 | −18 (-45%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 25kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | 1.5m/s | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | —unsourced | Not for sale | |
| Actuators | BLDC motors with 3D-printed cycloidal gearboxes | —unsourced | |
| Compute | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Sensors | —unsourced | 360-degree vision | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 100/ 100 | 0/ 100 | +100 |
| CAD (25) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Firmware (15) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Software (10) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Trained policies (10) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L2 | L0 | |
| Sources | 3 | 3 | |
| Last checked | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-24 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Berkeley Humanoid Lite, MenteeBot.
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