UC Berkeley Humanoid Lite vs Booster K1
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid Lite is 15 cm shorter (80 vs 95 cm) and 3.5 kg lighter (16 vs 19.5 kg) than Booster K1. Both list the same degrees of freedom (22). Openness score: Berkeley Humanoid Lite 100, Booster K1 30 (of 100); only Berkeley Humanoid Lite publishes CAD, BOM, FW and POL. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid Lite diy build, Booster K1 buy.
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■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid Lite | Booster RoboticsBooster K1 | Δ first − second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | Booster Robotics | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Active | |
| Availability (differs) | DIY build | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | United States | China | |
| Year | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 80cm | 95cm | −15 cm (-16%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 19.5kg | −3.5 kg (-18%) |
| Degrees of freedom | 22 | 22 | = |
| Payload | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | 40min | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | —unsourced | 4,999USD | |
| Actuators (differs) | BLDC motors with 3D-printed cycloidal gearboxes | Dual-encoder actuators | |
| Compute | —unsourced | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8GB (117 TOPS) base; up to 200 TOPS tier | |
| Sensors | —unsourced | RGB-D camera, 9-axis IMU, microphone array | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 100/ 100 | 30/ 100 | +70 |
| CAD (25) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L2 | L1 | |
| Sources (differs) | 3 | 2 | |
| Last checked | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-24 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Berkeley Humanoid Lite, Booster K1.
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