UC Berkeley Humanoid Lite vs The HopeJR
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid Lite has 44 fewer degrees of freedom (22 vs 66) than HopeJR. Openness score: Berkeley Humanoid Lite 100, HopeJR 90 (of 100); only Berkeley Humanoid Lite publishes POL. Availability for both: diy build.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid Lite | The Robot Studio & Hugging FaceThe HopeJR | Δ first − second |
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| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | The Robot Studio & Hugging Face | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Active | |
| Availability | DIY build | DIY build | |
| Country (differs) | United States | France | |
| Year | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height | 80cm | —unsourced | |
| Mass | 16kg | —unsourced | |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 22 | 66 | −44 (-67%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | —unsourced | 3,000USD | |
| Actuators (differs) | BLDC motors with 3D-printed cycloidal gearboxes | Robstride 02 (humanoid body update) | |
| Compute | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Sensors | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 100/ 100 | 90/ 100 | +10 |
| CAD (25) | public | public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | public | public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) | public | public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L2 | L1 | |
| Sources (differs) | 3 | 4 | |
| Last checked (differs) | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-25 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Berkeley Humanoid Lite, HopeJR.
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