Head to head
Compare humanoid robots
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Tesla Optimus Gen 2 comes out ahead
Wins 3 of 4 decisive categories — leads on overall score, top speed, weight.
1
Apptronik
3
Tesla
Overall score
83/100
85/100
Payload
25 kg
20 kg
Top speed
1.5 m/s
2.22 m/s
Degrees of freedom
28
28
Hand dexterity (DoF)
—
11
Battery
—
2300 Wh
Runtime
240 min
—
Height
173 cm
173 cm
Weight
73 kg
57 kg
Choose Apptronik Apollo if you want…
- Better payload
- Modular, mass-manufacturable humanoid with swappable batteries, designed for manufacturing and logistics; piloted with Mercedes-Benz.
Choose Tesla Optimus Gen 2 if you want…
- Better overall score
- Better top speed
- 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
Pre-order
Status
Prototype
2023
Released
2023
Apptronik
Brand
Tesla
Electric (linear)
Actuation
Electric
Full specifications
Overview
Apptronik
Manufacturer
Tesla
General-purpose industrial humanoid
Type
—
Logistics, warehousing, manufacturing
Use case
—
Pilot / commercial deployment
Status
Prototype / internal factory use
—
Generation
Gen 2 (Dec 2023)
Body
173 cm
Height
173 cm
73 kg
Weight
57 kg
Human-scale, anthropomorphic
Form factor
—
28 DoF
Degrees of freedom
—
—
Weight saving
10 kg lighter than Gen 1
—
Payload
20 kg
Locomotion
—
Walk speed
8 km/h (~30% faster than Gen 1)
Actuation
Electric linear actuators
Actuator type
—
Force-control for safe collaboration
Control
—
—
Actuators
Tesla-designed actuators
—
Neck
2-DoF actuated
Manipulation
25 kg
Payload
—
Five-digit dexterous hands
Hands
Redesigned 11-DoF, faster
—
Hand DoF
11 DoF
Sensors
—
Tactile
Tesla sensors on all fingers
AI & Software
Apptronik AI / fleet operations
Platform
—
—
Control
Improved balance & full-body control
Power
~4 hours per pack
Runtime
—
Hot-swappable packs
Battery
2.3 kWh
Under 5 minutes
Swap time
—
—
Battery location
Torso-integrated pack