Head to head
Compare humanoid robots
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Tesla Optimus Gen 2 comes out ahead
Wins 4 of 6 decisive categories — leads on overall score, top speed, degrees of freedom.
2
Sanctuary
4
Tesla
Overall score
82/100
85/100
Payload
25 kg
20 kg
Top speed
1.34 m/s
2.22 m/s
Degrees of freedom
24
28
Hand dexterity (DoF)
21
11
Battery
—
2300 Wh
Runtime
—
—
Height
170 cm
173 cm
Weight
70 kg
57 kg
Choose Sanctuary Phoenix Gen 7 if you want…
- Better payload
- Better hand dexterity (dof)
- General-purpose humanoid with industry-leading 20-DoF hydraulic hands and the Carbon AI control system for fine manipulation.
Choose Tesla Optimus Gen 2 if you want…
- Better overall score
- Better top speed
- Better degrees of freedom
- 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
Prototype
Status
Prototype
2024
Released
2023
Sanctuary AI
Brand
Tesla
Hybrid hydraulic
Actuation
Electric
Full specifications
Overview
General-purpose work humanoid
Type
—
Sanctuary AI (Canada)
Manufacturer
Tesla
7th-gen Phoenix
Generation
Gen 2 (Dec 2023)
Unveiled April 2024
Release
—
—
Status
Prototype / internal factory use
Body
170 cm
Height
173 cm
70 (~10% lighter than prior) kg
Weight
57 kg
25 kg
Payload
20 kg
2x more stress-resistant vs prior
Durability
—
—
Weight saving
10 kg lighter than Gen 1
Locomotion
3 mph (~1.34) m/s
Max speed
—
—
Walk speed
8 km/h (~30% faster than Gen 1)
Actuation
Proprietary miniaturized hydraulics
Drive
—
30% lower than prior gen
Power consumption
—
—
Actuators
Tesla-designed actuators
—
Neck
2-DoF actuated
Manipulation
21 per hand
Hand DoF
11 DoF
7 per arm
Arm DoF
—
Senses pressure to 5 millinewtons
Tactile sensitivity
—
50% stronger; opens bottles/jars
Fingers
—
—
Hands
Redesigned 11-DoF, faster
Sensors
—
Tactile
Tesla sensors on all fingers
AI & Software
Carbon
AI system
—
Symbolic reasoning + LLMs + RL
Architecture
—
50x faster; new tasks in <24h
Learning speed
—
—
Control
Improved balance & full-body control
Power
—
Battery
2.3 kWh
—
Battery location
Torso-integrated pack