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PAL TALOS vs Pollen Reachy 2

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

TALOS is 9 cm taller (175 vs 166 cm) and 45 kg heavier (95 vs 50 kg) than Reachy 2. TALOS has 14 more degrees of freedom (32 vs 18) and 3 kg more rated payload (6 vs 3 kg) than Reachy 2. Openness score: TALOS 30, Reachy 2 45 (of 100); only Reachy 2 publishes FW. Availability for both: buy.

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FieldPAL RoboticsPAL TALOSPollen Robotics (Hugging Face)Pollen Reachy 2Δ first − second
Identity
Maker (differs)PAL RoboticsPollen Robotics (Hugging Face)
Class (differs)HumanoidWheeled humanoid
StatusActiveActive
AvailabilityBuyBuy
Country (differs)SpainFrance
Year (differs)20172024
Specifications
Height (differs)175cm166cm+9 cm (+5%)
Mass (differs)95kg50kg+45 kg (+90%)
Degrees of freedom (differs)3218+14 (+78%)
Payload (differs)6kg3kg+3 kg (+100%)
Top speed—unsourced0.83m/s
Runtime90min—unsourced
Battery capacity—unsourced840Wh
Price—unsourced70,000USD
Actuators (differs)torque-controlled joints with torque sensorsOrbita parallel joints (neck, wrists)
Compute (differs)Ubuntu LTS real-time, EtherCAT 2 kHzSolidRun BedRock V3000 industrial PC
Sensors (differs)joint torque sensors, F/T wrists and ankles, IMU2x IMX296 RGB, Orbbec Gemini 336 RGB-D, ToF, RPLIDAR S2, IMU, microphones
Openness and provenance
Openness bar3045
Openness score (differs)30/ 10045/ 100−15
CAD (25)not publicnot public
Bill of materials (20)not publicnot public
Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20)publicpublic
Firmware (15) (differs)not publicpublic
Software (10)publicpublic
Trained policies (10)not publicnot public
Verification level (differs)L2L1
Sources (differs)23
Last checked2026-09-242026-09-24

A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: TALOS, Reachy 2.

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