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CASE 30 / General capabilities

Berkeley Humanoid Lite: a reproducible humanoid platform

Open hardware and learning-based control, from 3D-printed gearboxes to arm manipulation and bipedal walking.

Berkeley Humanoid Lite2025
Berkeley Humanoid Lite project image showing hardware and designs in different configurations.
Berkeley Humanoid Lite project image showing hardware and designs in different configurations.UC Berkeley · Hybrid Robotics

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Biped locomotion experiment from the official project page. · Hybrid Robotics · UC Berkeley · 720p source video

01 / STUDY

Mechanism and experiments

The modular platform uses 3D-printed cycloidal gearboxes. Demonstrations include arm manipulation and bipedal locomotion. A reinforcement-learning controller is trained in simulation and transferred to hardware. Official resources include hardware, embedded software, training and deployment code.

02 / CONTEXT

Test conditions and scope

Manipulation and walking are demonstrated in different configurations. Reproduction requires the matching mechanism, actuators and control version; tabletop demonstrations do not establish mobile manipulation or industrial servicing.

03 / SOURCE

Papers and primary sources