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Hyperspawn Dropbear vs PAL Kangaroo

Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100

Dropbear is 20 cm taller (180 vs 160 cm) than Kangaroo. Openness score: Dropbear 100, Kangaroo 30 (of 100); only Dropbear publishes CAD, BOM, FW and POL. Availability: Dropbear preorder, Kangaroo buy.

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FieldHyperspawn RoboticsHyperspawn DropbearPAL RoboticsPAL KangarooΔ first − second
Identity
Maker (differs)Hyperspawn RoboticsPAL Robotics
ClassHumanoidHumanoid
StatusActiveActive
Availability (differs)PreorderBuy
Country (differs)IndiaSpain
Year (differs)20232021
Specifications
Height (differs)180cm160cm+20 cm (+13%)
Mass45kg—unsourced
Degrees of freedom32—unsourced
Payload5kg—unsourced
Top speed—unsourced—unsourced
Runtime120min—unsourced
Battery capacity (differs)960Wh976Wh−16 Wh (-2%)
Price9,999USD—unsourced
Actuators (differs)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.custom linear actuators with integrated force sensors
Compute (differs)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.2x Intel i7 PCs, optional NVIDIA Jetson
Sensors (differs)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)4x RGB-D, 1 kHz IMU, optional F/T sensors
Openness and provenance
Openness bar10030
Openness score (differs)100/ 10030/ 100+70
CAD (25) (differs)publicnot public
Bill of materials (20) (differs)publicnot public
Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20)publicpublic
Firmware (15) (differs)publicnot public
Software (10)publicpublic
Trained policies (10) (differs)publicnot public
Verification level (differs)L2L1
Sources (differs)162
Last checked (differs)2026-09-252026-09-24

A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Dropbear, Kangaroo.

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