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Full specifications

Actuators

Model Joints (both sides unless noted) Qty Peak torque (N·m) Kt (N·m/Arms) Current limit default / written (A)
RS00 wrist_2 2 14 1.48 16 / 9.6
RS02 shoulder_3, elbow, wrist_1 6 17 1.22 23 / 13.8
RS03 waist (1), hip_1, hip_2, hip_3, ankle_1, shoulder_1 11 60 2.36 43 / 25.8
RS04 knee 2 120 2.10 60 / 36.0
RS05 wrist_3; camera yaw and pitch (4) 6 5.5 0.94 11 / 6.6
RS06 ankle_2, shoulder_2 4 36 1.1 57 / 34.2
Total 31

Written current limit = default × 0.6 (humanoid_set_current_limit.py), capped at 40 A. Torque limit at run time = peak × --torque-limit (0.1–0.8). 48 V bus, CAN at 1 Mbit/s; over-temperature warning 75 °C, fault 80 °C. IDs and buses: CAN bus. Manuals: robstride.com/download.

Joint limits

Software limits in the deployed model, not mechanical stops.

Joint Limit Joint Limit
waist ±90° shoulder_1 ±180°
hip_1 ±105° shoulder_2 L −180° to +30°, R −30° to +180°
hip_2 L −105° to +30°, R −30° to +105° shoulder_3 ±180°
hip_3 ±90° elbow ±125°
knee ±130° wrist_1 ±180°
ankle_1 ±50° wrist_2 ±92°
ankle_2 ±60° wrist_3 ±90°
camera yaw ±270° camera pitch ±90°

Robot

Degrees of freedom 31 RobStride joints + 2 gripper servos
Size 1256 mm tall standing with camera masts; 346 mm across the shoulders; torso 483 mm; foot 235 mm (overall drawing)
Mass (CAD) 35.3 kg: lower body 17.5 (each leg 5.6), torso 7.9 (camera columns 0.59 each), each arm 4.6, each gripper 0.35. Per part: part-properties.csv
Structure Machined aluminium 6061; printed PLA, TPU and SLS nylon 12
Computer MINISFORUM X1-470 mini PC, 12 V
IMU SYD Dynamics TransducerM TM171, 9-axis, USB
Cameras 2 × Intel RealSense D436, each on a 2-axis gimbal
CAN 6 × CANable PRO V2.0, 1 Mbit/s
Grippers 2 × Feetech HL-3915-C001 (12 V) on Waveshare ST/SC bus servo adapters
Battery 2 × Zeee 6S 10000 mAh LiPo in series: 44.4 V nominal, 50.4 V full
Control 50 Hz policy, 200 Hz motor loop; cuRobo planner on a separate CUDA machine

Citation and licence

@misc{duke_humanoid_v2,
  title  = {Visible-Reachable Workspace for Perception-Aware Humanoid Design},
  author = {Boxi Xia and Zijiang Yang and Ryan Shin and Bokuan Li and Eric Lu
            and Jacob Lee and Jiaxun Liu and Boyuan Chen},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://github.com/generalroboticslab/duke_humanoid_v2}
}

The umbrella repository's CITATION.cff is the machine-readable form.

Artefact Licence
Code (umbrella, simulation, deploy) Apache-2.0
Hardware design files (CAD, drawings, BOM) Apache-2.0 (LICENSE ships with the CAD)
This documentation and its figures Apache-2.0

Vendored in deploy/control/hardware_bindings/: the FEETECH serial servo SDK (MIT, ft_servo/NOTICE.md) and the SYD Dynamics EasyProfile SDK (BSD-2-Clause, imu/EasyProfile/NOTICE.md). Vendor manuals (RobStride, SYD Dynamics, Amass) are linked, not redistributed.