Head to head
Compare humanoid robots
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Tesla Optimus Gen 2 comes out ahead
Wins 4 of 7 decisive categories — leads on top speed, degrees of freedom, battery.
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Figure
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Tesla
Overall score
88/100
85/100
Payload
25 kg
20 kg
Top speed
1.2 m/s
2.22 m/s
Degrees of freedom
26
28
Hand dexterity (DoF)
16
11
Battery
2250 Wh
2300 Wh
Runtime
300 min
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Height
168 cm
173 cm
Weight
70 kg
57 kg
Choose Figure 02 if you want…
- Better overall score
- Better payload
- Better hand dexterity (dof)
- Second-generation general-purpose humanoid with onboard vision-language AI, integrated battery and dexterous hands, already piloted on BMW assembly lines.
Choose Tesla Optimus Gen 2 if you want…
- Better top speed
- Better degrees of freedom
- Better battery
- Better weight
- Tesla second-generation humanoid with in-house actuators, 11-DoF hands and tactile fingertips, targeting low-cost mass production.
Key facts
Undisclosed
Price
$20,000
Available
Status
Prototype
2024
Released
2023
Figure AI
Brand
Tesla
Electric
Actuation
Electric
Full specifications
Overview
Figure AI
Manufacturer
Tesla
Second generation
Generation
Gen 2 (Dec 2023)
Commercial / pilot deployment
Status
Prototype / internal factory use
Body
168 cm
Height
173 cm
70 kg
Weight
57 kg
25 kg
Payload
20 kg
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Weight saving
10 kg lighter than Gen 1
Locomotion
1.2 m/s
Walk speed
8 km/h (~30% faster than Gen 1)
Actuation
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Actuators
Tesla-designed actuators
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Neck
2-DoF actuated
Manipulation
4th-gen, 16-DoF, human-equivalent strength
Hands
Redesigned 11-DoF, faster
16 DoF
Hand DoF
11 DoF
Sensors
6 onboard RGB cameras
Cameras
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Onboard microphones and speakers
Audio
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Tactile
Tesla sensors on all fingers
Compute
3x AI inference vs Figure 01
Onboard compute
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AI & Software
Custom models w/ OpenAI partnership
AI model
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Speech-to-speech conversation
Speech
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Control
Improved balance & full-body control
Power
2.25 kWh
Battery
2.3 kWh
Custom pack in torso
Battery location
Torso-integrated pack
~5 hours
Runtime
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~1.5 hours
Charge time
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