UC Berkeley Humanoid vs Pollen Reachy 2
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Berkeley Humanoid is 81 cm shorter (85 vs 166 cm) and 34 kg lighter (16 vs 50 kg) than Reachy 2. Berkeley Humanoid has 6 fewer degrees of freedom (12 vs 18) than Reachy 2. Reachy 2 lists at $70,000; Berkeley Humanoid is not for sale. Openness score: Berkeley Humanoid 30, Reachy 2 45 (of 100); only Reachy 2 publishes FW. Availability: Berkeley Humanoid research only, Reachy 2 buy.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics LabUC Berkeley Humanoid | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)Pollen Reachy 2 | Δ first − second |
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| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) | |
| Class (differs) | Biped | Wheeled humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Research | Active | |
| Availability (differs) | Research only | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | United States | France | |
| Year | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 85cm | 166cm | −81 cm (-49%) |
| Mass (differs) | 16kg | 50kg | −34 kg (-68%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 12 | 18 | −6 (-33%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 3kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | 0.83m/s | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 840Wh | |
| Price (differs) | Not for sale | 70,000USD | |
| Actuators (differs) | custom 5013/8513/8518/10413 motors, 9:1 planetary, EtherCAT | Orbita parallel joints (neck, wrists) | |
| Compute (differs) | Intel i7-1255U onboard PC | SolidRun BedRock V3000 industrial PC | |
| Sensors (differs) | IMU, joint encoders | 2x IMX296 RGB, Orbbec Gemini 336 RGB-D, ToF, RPLIDAR S2, IMU, microphones | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 30/ 100 | 45/ 100 | −15 |
| CAD (25) | not public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | not public | not public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) | not 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, Reachy 2.
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