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Duke Humanoid v1 vs Dropbear

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Duke Humanoid v1 has 22 fewer degrees of freedom (10 vs 32) than Dropbear. Dropbear lists at $9,999; Duke Humanoid v1 is not for sale. Openness score: Duke Humanoid v1 85, Dropbear 100 (of 100); only Dropbear publishes FW. Availability: Duke Humanoid v1 research only, Dropbear preorder.

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FieldDuke University General Robotics LabDuke Humanoid v1Hyperspawn RoboticsHyperspawn DropbearΔ first − second
Identity
Maker (differs)Duke University General Robotics LabHyperspawn Robotics
Class (differs)BipedHumanoid
Status (differs)ResearchActive
Availability (differs)Research onlyPreorder
Country (differs)United StatesIndia
Year (differs)20242023
Specifications
Height—unsourced180cm
Mass—unsourced45kg
Degrees of freedom (differs)1032−22 (-69%)
Payload—unsourced5kg
Top speed—unsourced—unsourced
Runtime—unsourced120min
Battery capacity—unsourced960Wh
Price (differs)Not for sale9,999USD
Actuators—unsourcedMyActuator 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—unsourcedNVIDIA 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—unsourcedIntel 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 bar85100
Openness score (differs)85/ 100100/ 100−15
CAD (25)publicpublic
Bill of materials (20)publicpublic
Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20)publicpublic
Firmware (15) (differs)not publicpublic
Software (10)publicpublic
Trained policies (10)publicpublic
Verification level (differs)L1L2
Sources (differs)416
Last checked2026-09-252026-09-25
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