Head to head
Compare humanoid robots
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Tesla Optimus Gen 2 comes out ahead
Wins 5 of 7 decisive categories — leads on overall score, payload, battery.
2
Unitree
5
Tesla
Overall score
76/100
85/100
Payload
7 kg
20 kg
Top speed
3.06 m/s
2.22 m/s
Degrees of freedom
31
28
Hand dexterity (DoF)
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11
Battery
972 Wh
2300 Wh
Runtime
180 min
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Height
182 cm
173 cm
Weight
70 kg
57 kg
Choose Unitree H2 if you want…
- Better top speed
- Better degrees of freedom
- A mid-range full-size humanoid at $29,900, 182 cm tall with 31 DoF, 360 N·m leg joints, a 972 Wh battery (~3 h runtime) and optional NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor compute.
Choose Tesla Optimus Gen 2 if you want…
- Better overall score
- Better payload
- Better battery
- Better weight
- Better price
- Tesla second-generation humanoid with in-house actuators, 11-DoF hands and tactile fingertips, targeting low-cost mass production.
Key facts
$29,900
Price
$20,000
Available
Status
Prototype
2025
Released
2023
Unitree Robotics
Brand
Tesla
Electric (torque-sensing PMSM)
Actuation
Electric
Full specifications
Overview
Unitree H2
Model
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$29,900 (EDU ~$68k)
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
182 cm
Height
173 cm
~70 kg
Weight
57 kg
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Weight saving
10 kg lighter than Gen 1
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Payload
20 kg
Locomotion
31 DoF
Total DoF
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6 each
Leg DoF
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3
Waist DoF
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2
Head DoF
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~11 km/h
Max speed
—
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Walk speed
8 km/h (~30% faster than Gen 1)
Actuation
360 N·m
Leg joint peak torque
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120 N·m
Arm joint peak torque
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Yes
OTA algorithm updates
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—
Actuators
Tesla-designed actuators
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Neck
2-DoF actuated
Manipulation
7 each DoF
Arm DoF
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7 kg
Arm payload (rated)
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~21 kg
Arm payload (peak)
—
—
Hands
Redesigned 11-DoF, faster
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Hand DoF
11 DoF
Sensors
Wide-angle binocular camera
Vision
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IMU + joint-level sensing
Perception
—
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Tactile
Tesla sensors on all fingers
Compute
Intel Core i5 (EDU: i5 + i7)
CPU
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NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor
AI chip (optional)
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2070 TOPS
AI compute (optional)
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AI & Software
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Control
Improved balance & full-body control
Power
972 Wh
Battery
2.3 kWh
75.6 V
Voltage
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~180 min
Runtime
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Yes
Quick-release battery
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Battery location
Torso-integrated pack