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Hyperspawn Dropbear vs PAL TALOS

Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100

Dropbear is 5 cm taller (180 vs 175 cm) and 50 kg lighter (45 vs 95 kg) than TALOS. Dropbear has 1 kg less rated payload (5 vs 6 kg) than TALOS. Both list the same degrees of freedom (32). Openness score: Dropbear 100, TALOS 30 (of 100); only Dropbear publishes CAD, BOM, FW and POL. Availability: Dropbear preorder, TALOS buy.

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FieldHyperspawn RoboticsHyperspawn DropbearPAL RoboticsPAL TALOSΔ first − second
Identity
Maker (differs)Hyperspawn RoboticsPAL Robotics
ClassHumanoidHumanoid
StatusActiveActive
Availability (differs)PreorderBuy
Country (differs)IndiaSpain
Year (differs)20232017
Specifications
Height (differs)180cm175cm+5 cm (+3%)
Mass (differs)45kg95kg−50 kg (-53%)
Degrees of freedom3232=
Payload (differs)5kg6kg−1 kg (-17%)
Top speed—unsourced—unsourced
Runtime (differs)120min90min+30 min (+33%)
Battery capacity960Wh—unsourced
Price9,999USD—unsourced
Actuators (differs)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.torque-controlled joints with torque sensors
Compute (differs)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.Ubuntu LTS real-time, EtherCAT 2 kHz
Sensors (differs)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)joint torque sensors, F/T wrists and ankles, IMU
Openness and provenance
Openness bar10030
Openness score (differs)100/ 10030/ 100+70
CAD (25) (differs)publicnot public
Bill of materials (20) (differs)publicnot public
Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20)publicpublic
Firmware (15) (differs)publicnot public
Software (10)publicpublic
Trained policies (10) (differs)publicnot public
Verification levelL2L2
Sources (differs)162
Last checked (differs)2026-09-252026-09-24

A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Dropbear, TALOS.

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