Hyperspawn Dropbear vs Poppy Humanoid
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Dropbear is 96 cm taller (180 vs 84 cm) and 41.5 kg heavier (45 vs 3.5 kg) than Poppy Humanoid. Dropbear has 7 more degrees of freedom (32 vs 25) than Poppy Humanoid. Openness score: Dropbear 100, Poppy Humanoid 90 (of 100); only Dropbear publishes POL. Availability: Dropbear preorder, Poppy Humanoid kit.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | Hyperspawn Robotics | Poppy Project (Inria Flowers) | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Active | Orphaned | |
| Availability (differs) | Preorder | Kit | |
| Country (differs) | India | France | |
| Year | 2023 | —unsourced | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 180cm | 84cm | +96 cm (+114%) |
| Mass (differs) | 45kg | 3.5kg | +41.5 kg (+1186%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 32 | 25 | +7 (+28%) |
| Payload | 5kg | —unsourced | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | 120min | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | 960Wh | —unsourced | |
| Price | 9,999USD | —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. | Dynamixel: 19 MX-28AT, 4 MX-64AT, 2 AX-12A | |
| 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. | Raspberry Pi (current kit version) | |
| Sensors | 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) | —unsourced | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 100/ 100 | 90/ 100 | +10 |
| CAD (25) | public | public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | public | public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) | public | public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L2 | L1 | |
| Sources (differs) | 16 | 6 | |
| Last checked | 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-25 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Dropbear, Poppy Humanoid.
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