UC Berkeley Humanoid vs Hyperspawn Dropbear
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid is 95 cm shorter (85 vs 180 cm) and 29 kg lighter (16 vs 45 kg) than Dropbear. Berkeley Humanoid has 20 fewer degrees of freedom (12 vs 32) than Dropbear. Dropbear lists at $9,999; Berkeley Humanoid is not for sale. Openness score: Berkeley Humanoid 30, Dropbear 100 (of 100); only Dropbear publishes CAD, BOM, FW and POL. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid research only, Dropbear preorder.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid | Hyperspawn RoboticsHyperspawn Dropbear | Δ first − second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | Hyperspawn Robotics | |
| Class (differs) | Biped | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Active | |
| Availability (differs) | Research only | Preorder | |
| Country (differs) | United States | India | |
| Year (differs) | 2024 | 2023 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 85cm | 180cm | −95 cm (-53%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 45kg | −29 kg (-64%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 12 | 32 | −20 (-62%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 5kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | 120min | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 960Wh | |
| Price (differs) | Not for sale | 9,999USD | |
| Actuators (differs) | custom 5013/8513/8518/10413 motors, 9:1 planetary, EtherCAT | MyActuator RMD-X10, RMD-X8, RMD-X6 and CEM-60 over 1 Mbit/s CAN (18 per the 2026 BOM; myactuator-can lists 12 RMD-X8 Pro, 4 RMD-X10 V3, 6 CEM-60); 6 NEMA 17 lead-screw steppers in the Stewart-platform neck. hyperspawn.ai: servo + QDD. | |
| Compute (differs) | Intel i7-1255U onboard PC | NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB (BOM; Orin NX 16GB alternative) plus one ESP32-DevKitC-V4 CAN node per limb. Kit: Raspberry Pi 5 base, Jetson Orin advanced. | |
| Sensors (differs) | IMU, joint encoders | Intel RealSense D455f depth camera, IMU (center-IMU controller role), foot load cells (4x HX711 per foot, dropbear-feet), actuator encoders; five AS5600 magnetic angle sensors per leg controller (observation-safe firmware) | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 30/ 100 | 100/ 100 | −70 |
| CAD (25) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Bill of materials (20) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Verification level | L2 | L2 | |
| Sources (differs) | 3 | 16 | |
| 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, Dropbear.
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