Pollen Robotics Reachy 2
Open-source bimanual humanoid on an omnidirectional base, built by Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) for AI and robotics research labs, with VR teleoperation.
Sold to research labs such as Cornell and Carnegie Mellon; Pollen has been part of Hugging Face since April 2025.
Good humanoid robot (69/100). It stands out most for battery life (100/100). Highlight: fully open-source software. Main trade-off: only 3 kg per arm.
Score breakdown
Rated across 6 criteria
Specifications
- Availability
- Shipping
- Payload
- 3 kg
- Runtime
- 600 min
- Height
- 166 cm
- Weight
- 50 kg
- Locomotion
- Wheeled
- Main use
- Research
- Made in
- France
- Year
- 2024
- SDK
- Open SDK
- Announced price
- US$70,000 (reported)
Specs checked September 2026. Sources: pollen-robotics.com, archive.org, therobotreport.com, deeplearning.ai, x.com. A missing value has not been published by the maker.
Pros
- Fully open-source software
- ROS 2 and Python SDK
- VR teleoperation included
Cons
- Only 3 kg per arm
- Simple parallel grippers
- No legs
Owner reviews
A strong humanoid robot with real strengths
In our independent assessment, the Pollen Robotics Reachy 2 earns 69/100 — a good humanoid robot.
Its strongest area is battery life (100/100), followed by availability (100/100). In practice, fully open-source software.
The main caveat is payload, where it scores 63/100. Specifically, only 3 kg per arm.
At €60200, it sits at the premium end of the category. A dependable pick if its strengths line up with your priorities.
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