UC Berkeley Humanoid Lite vs Pollen Reachy 2
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid Lite is 86 cm shorter (80 vs 166 cm) and 34 kg lighter (16 vs 50 kg) than Reachy 2. Berkeley Humanoid Lite has 4 more degrees of freedom (22 vs 18) than Reachy 2. Openness score: Berkeley Humanoid Lite 100, Reachy 2 45 (of 100); only Berkeley Humanoid Lite publishes CAD, BOM and POL. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid Lite diy build, Reachy 2 buy.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid Lite | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)Pollen Reachy 2 | Δ first − second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) | |
| Class (differs) | Humanoid | Wheeled humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Active | |
| Availability (differs) | DIY build | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | United States | France | |
| Year (differs) | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 80cm | 166cm | −86 cm (-52%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 50kg | −34 kg (-68%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 22 | 18 | +4 (+22%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 3kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | 0.83m/s | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 840Wh | |
| Price | —unsourced | 70,000USD | |
| Actuators (differs) | BLDC motors with 3D-printed cycloidal gearboxes | Orbita parallel joints (neck, wrists) | |
| Compute | —unsourced | SolidRun BedRock V3000 industrial PC | |
| Sensors | —unsourced | 2x IMX296 RGB, Orbbec Gemini 336 RGB-D, ToF, RPLIDAR S2, IMU, microphones | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 100/ 100 | 45/ 100 | +55 |
| CAD (25) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) (differs) | public | not 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 | 3 | 3 | |
| 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, Reachy 2.
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