UC Berkeley Humanoid vs PAL TALOS
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid is 90 cm shorter (85 vs 175 cm) and 79 kg lighter (16 vs 95 kg) than TALOS. Berkeley Humanoid has 20 fewer degrees of freedom (12 vs 32) than TALOS. Both score 30/100 on openness. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid research only, TALOS buy.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid | PAL RoboticsPAL TALOS | Δ first − second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | PAL Robotics | |
| Class (differs) | Biped | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Active | |
| Availability (differs) | Research only | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | United States | Spain | |
| Year (differs) | 2024 | 2017 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 85cm | 175cm | −90 cm (-51%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 95kg | −79 kg (-83%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 12 | 32 | −20 (-62%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 6kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | 90min | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | Not for sale | —unsourced | |
| Actuators (differs) | custom 5013/8513/8518/10413 motors, 9:1 planetary, EtherCAT | torque-controlled joints with torque sensors | |
| Compute (differs) | Intel i7-1255U onboard PC | Ubuntu LTS real-time, EtherCAT 2 kHz | |
| Sensors (differs) | IMU, joint encoders | joint torque sensors, F/T wrists and ankles, IMU | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score | 30/ 100 | 30/ 100 | = |
| CAD (25) | not public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | not public | not public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) | not public | not public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) | not public | not public | |
| Verification level | L2 | L2 | |
| 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, TALOS.
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