UC Berkeley Humanoid vs Poppy Humanoid
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid is 1 cm taller (85 vs 84 cm) and 12.5 kg heavier (16 vs 3.5 kg) than Poppy Humanoid. Berkeley Humanoid has 13 fewer degrees of freedom (12 vs 25) than Poppy Humanoid. Openness score: Berkeley Humanoid 30, Poppy Humanoid 90 (of 100); only Poppy Humanoid publishes CAD, BOM and FW. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid research only, Poppy Humanoid kit.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid | Poppy Project (Inria Flowers)Poppy Humanoid | Δ first − second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | Poppy Project (Inria Flowers) | |
| Class (differs) | Biped | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Orphaned | |
| Availability (differs) | Research only | Kit | |
| Country (differs) | United States | France | |
| Year | 2024 | —unsourced | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 85cm | 84cm | +1 cm (+1%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 3.5kg | +12.5 kg (+357%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 12 | 25 | −13 (-52%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | Not for sale | —unsourced | |
| Actuators (differs) | custom 5013/8513/8518/10413 motors, 9:1 planetary, EtherCAT | Dynamixel: 19 MX-28AT, 4 MX-64AT, 2 AX-12A | |
| Compute (differs) | Intel i7-1255U onboard PC | Raspberry Pi (current kit version) | |
| Sensors | IMU, joint encoders | —unsourced | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 30/ 100 | 90/ 100 | −60 |
| 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) | not public | not public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L2 | L1 | |
| Sources (differs) | 3 | 6 | |
| 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, Poppy Humanoid.
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