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 overall score, top speed, degrees of freedom.
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1X
4
Tesla
Overall score
79/100
85/100
Payload
25 kg
20 kg
Top speed
1.4 m/s
2.22 m/s
Degrees of freedom
22
28
Hand dexterity (DoF)
22
11
Battery
842 Wh
2300 Wh
Runtime
240 min
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Height
168 cm
173 cm
Weight
30 kg
57 kg
Choose 1X NEO if you want…
- Better payload
- Better hand dexterity (dof)
- Better weight
- Tendon-driven home humanoid engineered for safety and quiet operation, with soft musculature instead of rigid gearboxes.
Choose Tesla Optimus Gen 2 if you want…
- Better overall score
- Better top speed
- Better degrees of freedom
- Better battery
- Tesla second-generation humanoid with in-house actuators, 11-DoF hands and tactile fingertips, targeting low-cost mass production.
Key facts
$20,000
Price
$20,000
Pre-order
Status
Prototype
2025
Released
2023
1X Technologies
Brand
Tesla
Tendon-driven
Actuation
Electric
Full specifications
Overview
Consumer home humanoid
Type
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Deliveries begin 2026 (US first)
Release
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$20,000 one-time or $499/mo
Price
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Manufacturer
Tesla
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Generation
Gen 2 (Dec 2023)
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Status
Prototype / internal factory use
Body
168 cm
Height
173 cm
30 kg
Weight
57 kg
Soft lattice polymer; knit outer suit
Structure
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IP68 hands, IP44 body
Ingress protection
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70 kg
Lift capacity
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25 kg
Carry capacity
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8 kg
Arm payload
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Weight saving
10 kg lighter than Gen 1
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Payload
20 kg
Locomotion
1.4 m/s
Walk speed
8 km/h (~30% faster than Gen 1)
6.2 m/s
Run speed
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6 per leg
Leg DoF
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Actuation
1X Tendon Drive actuators
Drive
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22 dB
Noise level
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95 %
Backdrivability
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0.1 mm
Repetition precision
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Actuators
Tesla-designed actuators
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Neck
2-DoF actuated
Manipulation
22 per hand
Hand DoF
11 DoF
7 per arm
Arm DoF
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Whole-body tactile skin
Touch sensing
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Hands
Redesigned 11-DoF, faster
Sensors
Dual 8.85MP 90Hz stereo fisheye
Cameras
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4 beamforming
Microphones
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Tactile
Tesla sensors on all fingers
Compute
NEO Cortex (Nvidia Jetson Thor)
Chipset
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Up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS
AI compute
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AI & Software
Redwood vision-language model
AI model
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Built-in LLM w/ audio, vision, memory
Onboard AI
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Control
Improved balance & full-body control
Power
842 Wh
Battery
2.3 kWh
4 (~240 min) hours
Runtime
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Self-charging; ~6 min per hour of use
Charging
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Battery location
Torso-integrated pack
Connectivity
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5G
Wireless
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