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Reachy 2 vs Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1
Reachy 2 has the stronger public evidence base, with an Arena rating 43 points above Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1. Only Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 has a price you can order at ($80,000); Reachy 2 is contact sales (reported $70,000). Reachy 2 is 26 cm taller.
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| Reachy 2 | Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) | Rainbow Robotics |
| Country | France | South Korea |
| Status | Purchasable | Purchasable |
| Price | Reported $70,000 | $80,000 |
| How to get one | Contact sales | Contact sales |
| Arena rating | ||
| Evidence | C | C |
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | 131 kg (289 lb) |
| Payload | 3 kg (7 lb) | 3 kg (7 lb) |
| Degrees of freedom | n/a | 20 DoF |
| Top speed | n/a | 1.5 m/s (5.4 km/h) |
| Hands | Hands are mentioned for VR teleoperation (move its arms, hands and head), but no detailed hand or gripper specifications were found. | Optional gripper available (no detailed specs on official product page). Force/torque sensors on both arms are built into V1.2 configuration. |
| Announced | 2024-10-29 | 2024-05-08 |
Capability evidence, side by side
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Reachy 2
Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1
Arena matchup result
overall human like capabilityResult
Draw
Low
Reachy 2 wins
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Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 wins
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tracked separately
Reachy 2 and Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 are close in the current evidence comparison.
Reachy 2
Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)
Reachy 2 by Pollen Robotics (now part of Hugging Face) is a purchasable open-source upper-body humanoid on an omnidirectional wheeled base. Official specs list 7-DoF arms with ~3 kg payload each, 136-166 cm adjustable height, up to 50 kg, stereo RGB-D, LiDAR, and ROS 2 + Python SDK. Press reports a $70,000 price and use at Cornell, Carnegie Mellon and major AI labs. It is explicitly a lab robot, not consumer, and is teleoperated or Python-controlled; no autonomous or reliability evidence was found. YouTube demos are title-only and cannot be used for capability inference
Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1
Rainbow Robotics
Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 is a wheeled bimanual mobile manipulator (140 cm tall, 131 kg, two 7-DoF arms, ±0.05 mm repeatability, 20/26 DOF, 1.5 m/s) sold as a research platform for $80,000 (commercial $120,000). It has LiDAR for autonomous movement, force/torque sensors, and supports teleoperation via Master Arm or VR. Evidence includes official specs and pre-order announcement, but no named customer deployments, no autonomous task execution, and all video evidence is title-only without transcript or content review. The robot is purchasable but unproven in real-world use
Reachy 2 vs Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 FAQ
answers from sourced dataWhich is better, Reachy 2 or Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1?
On public evidence, Reachy 2 currently rates higher (957 vs 914). The better choice still depends on the job: compare availability, price and the capability rows above.
Which is cheaper, Reachy 2 or Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1?
Reachy 2: Reported $70,000. Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1: $80,000. Prices are in the seller's currency and configurations differ.
Which is taller, Reachy 2 or Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1?
Reachy 2 is 166 cm (5 ft 5 in); Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 is 140 cm (4 ft 7 in).
Can you buy the Reachy 2 or the Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1?
Reachy 2: contact sales. Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1: contact sales.