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Berkeley Humanoid vs Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1

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Berkeley Humanoid is 55 cm shorter (85 vs 140 cm) and 115 kg lighter (16 vs 131 kg) than Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1. Berkeley Humanoid has 8 fewer degrees of freedom (12 vs 20) than Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1. Both score 30/100 on openness. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid research only, Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 buy.

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FieldUC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley HumanoidRainbow RoboticsRainbow Robotics RB-Y1Δ first − second
Identity
Maker (differs)UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabRainbow Robotics
Class (differs)BipedWheeled humanoid
Status (differs)ResearchActive
Availability (differs)Research onlyBuy
Country (differs)United StatesSouth Korea
Year20242024
Specifications
Height (differs)85cm140cm−55 cm (-39%)
Mass (differs)16kg131kg−115 kg (-88%)
Degrees of freedom (differs)1220−8 (-40%)
Payload—unsourced3kg
Top speed—unsourced1.5m/s
Runtime—unsourced—unsourced
Battery capacity—unsourced1,250Wh
PriceNot for sale—unsourced
Actuators (differs)custom 5013/8513/8518/10413 motors, 9:1 planetary, EtherCATRainbow in-house joint modules
Compute (differs)Intel i7-1255U onboard PCDual-PC (real-time robot PC + user PC with ROS 2)
Sensors (differs)IMU, joint encodersBuilt-in wrist force/torque sensors (v1.2); optional camera
Openness and provenance
Openness bar3030
Openness score30/ 10030/ 100=
CAD (25)not publicnot public
Bill of materials (20)not publicnot public
Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20)publicpublic
Firmware (15)not publicnot public
Software (10)publicpublic
Trained policies (10)not publicnot public
Verification levelL2L2
Sources (differs)32
Last checked2026-09-242026-09-24
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