UC Berkeley Humanoid Lite vs Hyperspawn Dropbear
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid Lite is 100 cm shorter (80 vs 180 cm) and 29 kg lighter (16 vs 45 kg) than Dropbear. Berkeley Humanoid Lite has 10 fewer degrees of freedom (22 vs 32) than Dropbear. Both score 100/100 on openness. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid Lite diy build, Dropbear preorder.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid Lite | Hyperspawn RoboticsHyperspawn Dropbear | Δ first − second |
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| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | Hyperspawn Robotics | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Active | |
| Availability (differs) | DIY build | Preorder | |
| Country (differs) | United States | India | |
| Year (differs) | 2025 | 2023 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 80cm | 180cm | −100 cm (-56%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 45kg | −29 kg (-64%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 22 | 32 | −10 (-31%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 5kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | 120min | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 960Wh | |
| Price | —unsourced | 9,999USD | |
| Actuators (differs) | BLDC motors with 3D-printed cycloidal gearboxes | MyActuator 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 | —unsourced | NVIDIA 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 | —unsourced | Intel 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 bar | |||
| Openness score | 100/ 100 | 100/ 100 | = |
| 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) | public | public | |
| Verification level | L2 | L2 | |
| Sources (differs) | 3 | 16 | |
| 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, Dropbear.
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