Duke Humanoid v1 vs Pollen Reachy 2
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Duke Humanoid v1 has 8 fewer degrees of freedom (10 vs 18) than Reachy 2. Reachy 2 lists at $70,000; Duke Humanoid v1 is not for sale. Openness score: Duke Humanoid v1 85, Reachy 2 45 (of 100); only Duke Humanoid v1 publishes CAD, BOM and POL; only Reachy 2 publishes FW. Availability: Duke Humanoid v1 research only, Reachy 2 buy.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | Duke University General Robotics LabDuke Humanoid v1 | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)Pollen Reachy 2 | Δ first − second |
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| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | Duke University General 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 | —unsourced | 166cm | |
| Mass | —unsourced | 50kg | |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 10 | 18 | −8 (-44%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 3kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | 0.83m/s | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 840Wh | |
| Price (differs) | Not for sale | 70,000USD | |
| Actuators | —unsourced | 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) | 85/ 100 | 45/ 100 | +40 |
| CAD (25) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Verification level | L1 | L1 | |
| Sources (differs) | 4 | 3 | |
| Last checked (differs) | 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-24 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Duke Humanoid v1, Reachy 2.
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