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Berkeley Humanoid vs Dropbear

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Berkeley Humanoid is 95 cm shorter (85 vs 180 cm) and 29 kg lighter (16 vs 45 kg) than Dropbear. Berkeley Humanoid has 20 fewer degrees of freedom (12 vs 32) than Dropbear. Dropbear lists at $9,999; Berkeley Humanoid is not for sale. Openness score: Berkeley Humanoid 30, Dropbear 100 (of 100); only Dropbear publishes CAD, BOM, FW and POL. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid research only, Dropbear preorder.

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FieldUC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley HumanoidHyperspawn RoboticsHyperspawn DropbearΔ first − second
Identity
Maker (differs)UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabHyperspawn Robotics
Class (differs)BipedHumanoid
Status (differs)ResearchActive
Availability (differs)Research onlyPreorder
Country (differs)United StatesIndia
Year (differs)20242023
Specifications
Height (differs)85cm180cm−95 cm (-53%)
Mass (differs)16kg45kg−29 kg (-64%)
Degrees of freedom (differs)1232−20 (-62%)
Payload—unsourced5kg
Top speed—unsourced—unsourced
Runtime—unsourced120min
Battery capacity—unsourced960Wh
Price (differs)Not for sale9,999USD
Actuators (differs)custom 5013/8513/8518/10413 motors, 9:1 planetary, EtherCATMyActuator 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.
Compute (differs)Intel i7-1255U onboard PCNVIDIA 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.
Sensors (differs)IMU, joint encodersIntel 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)
Openness and provenance
Openness bar30100
Openness score (differs)30/ 100100/ 100−70
CAD (25) (differs)not publicpublic
Bill of materials (20) (differs)not publicpublic
Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20)publicpublic
Firmware (15) (differs)not publicpublic
Software (10)publicpublic
Trained policies (10) (differs)not publicpublic
Verification levelL2L2
Sources (differs)316
Last checked (differs)2026-09-242026-09-25
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