UC Berkeley Humanoid Lite vs XPeng IRON
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid Lite is 98 cm shorter (80 vs 178 cm) and 54 kg lighter (16 vs 70 kg) than XPeng IRON. Openness score: Berkeley Humanoid Lite 100, XPeng IRON 0 (of 100); only Berkeley Humanoid Lite publishes CAD, BOM, SIM, FW, SW and POL. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid Lite diy build, XPeng IRON not for sale.
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■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid Lite | XPengXPeng IRON | Δ first − second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | XPeng | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Announced | |
| Availability (differs) | DIY build | Not for sale | |
| Country (differs) | United States | China | |
| Year (differs) | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 80cm | 178cm | −98 cm (-55%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 70kg | −54 kg (-77%) |
| Degrees of freedom | 22 | —unsourced | |
| Payload | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | —unsourced | Not for sale | |
| Actuators | BLDC motors with 3D-printed cycloidal gearboxes | —unsourced | |
| Compute | —unsourced | 3x XPeng Turing AI chips, 2,250 TOPS | |
| Sensors | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| 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 (differs) | 3 | 2 | |
| 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, XPeng IRON.
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