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
Figure
3
Tesla
Overall score
68/100
85/100
Payload
20 kg
20 kg
Top speed
1.2 m/s
2.22 m/s
Degrees of freedom
41
28
Hand dexterity (DoF)
—
11
Battery
—
2300 Wh
Runtime
300 min
—
Height
168 cm
173 cm
Weight
60 kg
57 kg
Choose Figure 01 if you want…
- Better degrees of freedom
- Figure's debut bipedal humanoid, unveiled in 2023 and first deployed at BMW's Spartanburg plant.
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
Discontinued
Status
Prototype
2023
Released
2023
Figure AI
Brand
Tesla
Electric
Actuation
Electric
Full specifications
Overview
1st generation
Generation
Gen 2 (Dec 2023)
2023
Introduced
—
Discontinued (superseded by Figure 02)
Status
Prototype / internal factory use
Industrial / logistics / warehousing
Target
—
—
Manufacturer
Tesla
Body
168 cm
Height
173 cm
60 kg
Weight
57 kg
20 kg
Payload
20 kg
41 DoF
Degrees of freedom
—
—
Weight saving
10 kg lighter than Gen 1
Locomotion
1.2 m/s
Max walking speed
—
Bipedal walking
Type
—
—
Walk speed
8 km/h (~30% faster than Gen 1)
Actuation
Custom electric
Actuator type
—
External (easier maintenance)
Cabling
—
—
Actuators
Tesla-designed actuators
—
Neck
2-DoF actuated
Manipulation
Multi-finger dexterous
Hands
Redesigned 11-DoF, faster
—
Hand DoF
11 DoF
Sensors
Stereo cameras
Vision
—
Microphones and speakers
Audio
—
Force/torque sensors, IMU
Proprioception
—
—
Tactile
Tesla sensors on all fingers
AI & Software
OpenAI (vision-language reasoning)
AI partner
—
Autonomous coffee-making; BMW sheet-metal handling
Key demo
—
—
Control
Improved balance & full-body control
Power
Electric (battery)
Source
—
300 min
Runtime
—
—
Battery
2.3 kWh
—
Battery location
Torso-integrated pack