Open Duck Mini vs ToddlerBot
Open-source bipeds and humanoids
Open Duck Mini is an open-source 16-DoF biped robot under the Apache-2.0 hardware license, published at €398.10 (source total, base robot per the BOM sheet). ToddlerBot is a 30-DoF humanoid robot under the CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 hardware license (non-commercial), published at $5,727.94 (source total, 2XC essentials, tools excluded). Reproducibility scores: ToddlerBot 70 and Open Duck Mini 63 of 100. Open Duck Mini publishes URDF; ToddlerBot publishes MJCF and Onshape.
Drawn to scale
The robots side by side at their true relative size, as their source models are posed.
Side by side
Every figure is read from each robot's record, with its source; a cost keeps the currency the source states and its basis.
| Criterion | Open Duck Minibiped robot | ToddlerBothumanoid robot |
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| Published cost | €398.10source total, base robot per the BOM sheetsource | $5,727.94source total, 2XC essentials, tools excludedsource |
| Degrees of freedom | 16legs 10, antennas 2, headNeck 4source | 30 |
| Type | BipedBiped | HumanoidHumanoid |
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| Hardware license | Apache-2.0Commercial use OKsource | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0Non-commercialsource |
| Lifecycle | Activesource | Activesource |
| Reproducibility | 63/100Partial source coverage, unverified | 70/100Partial source coverage, unverified |
| CAD / mesh present | partial10/20 | met20/20 |
| BOM evidence | partial10/20 | partial10/20 |
| Wiring diagram | met15/15 | met15/15 |
| Firmware linked | met10/10 | met10/10 |
| Build instructions | partial7.5/15 | met15/15 |
| OSHW-compatible license | met10/10 | missing0/10 |
| Known reproductions | missing0/10 | missing0/10 |
| Build time | Not published | Not published |
| Model size | 255 × 518 × 246 mmwidth × height × depth, as modelled | 175 × 538 × 262 mmwidth × height × depth, as modelled |
| Source | apirrone/Open_Duck_Mini | hshi74/toddlerbot |