Booster K1 vs Pollen Reachy 2
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Booster K1 is 71 cm shorter (95 vs 166 cm) and 30.5 kg lighter (19.5 vs 50 kg) than Reachy 2. Booster K1 has 4 more degrees of freedom (22 vs 18) than Reachy 2. Listed prices: Booster K1 $4,999, Reachy 2 $70,000. Openness score: Booster K1 30, Reachy 2 45 (of 100); only Reachy 2 publishes FW. Availability for both: buy.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | Booster RoboticsBooster K1 | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)Pollen Reachy 2 | Δ first − second |
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| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | Booster Robotics | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) | |
| Class (differs) | Humanoid | Wheeled humanoid | |
| Status | Active | Active | |
| Availability | Buy | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | China | France | |
| Year (differs) | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 95cm | 166cm | −71 cm (-43%) |
| Mass (differs) | 19.5kg | 50kg | −30.5 kg (-61%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 22 | 18 | +4 (+22%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 3kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | 0.83m/s | |
| Runtime | 40min | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 840Wh | |
| Price (differs) | 4,999USD | 70,000USD | −65,001 USD (-93%) |
| Actuators (differs) | Dual-encoder actuators | Orbita parallel joints (neck, wrists) | |
| Compute (differs) | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8GB (117 TOPS) base; up to 200 TOPS tier | SolidRun BedRock V3000 industrial PC | |
| Sensors (differs) | RGB-D camera, 9-axis IMU, microphone array | 2x IMX296 RGB, Orbbec Gemini 336 RGB-D, ToF, RPLIDAR S2, IMU, microphones | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 30/ 100 | 45/ 100 | −15 |
| CAD (25) | not public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | not public | not 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 | L1 | L1 | |
| Sources (differs) | 2 | 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: Booster K1, Reachy 2.
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