Head to head
Compare humanoid robots
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Tesla Optimus Gen 2 comes out ahead
Wins 4 of 5 decisive categories — leads on overall score, payload, top speed.
1
UBTECH
4
Tesla
Overall score
77/100
85/100
Payload
15 kg
20 kg
Top speed
0.83 m/s
2.22 m/s
Degrees of freedom
41
28
Hand dexterity (DoF)
—
11
Battery
—
2300 Wh
Runtime
120 min
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Height
172 cm
173 cm
Weight
76 kg
57 kg
Choose UBTECH Walker S1 if you want…
- Better degrees of freedom
- Industrial humanoid undergoing trials on automotive production lines, with multimodal perception and coordinated multi-robot operation.
Choose Tesla Optimus Gen 2 if you want…
- Better overall score
- Better payload
- 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
Prototype
Status
Prototype
2024
Released
2023
UBTECH Robotics
Brand
Tesla
Electric
Actuation
Electric
Full specifications
Overview
UBTECH Robotics (China)
Manufacturer
Tesla
Industrial humanoid, multi-task factory
Class
—
Factory trials; mass production 2025
Status
Prototype / internal factory use
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Generation
Gen 2 (Dec 2023)
Body
172 cm
Height
173 cm
76 kg
Weight
57 kg
41
Total DoF
—
Up to 15 per arm kg
Payload
20 kg
—
Weight saving
10 kg lighter than Gen 1
Locomotion
~3 km/h (~0.83 m/s)
Walking speed
—
Autonomous navigation, stair climbing
Mobility
—
6-axis IMU + foot force sensors
Balance
—
—
Walk speed
8 km/h (~30% faster than Gen 1)
Actuation
41 servo joints w/ force feedback
Joints
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6/leg, 7/arm, 5+/hand, 3 torso, 2 neck
Joint layout
—
—
Actuators
Tesla-designed actuators
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Neck
2-DoF actuated
Manipulation
Five-fingered dexterous
Hands
Redesigned 11-DoF, faster
Assembly, material handling, inspection
Tasks
—
—
Hand DoF
11 DoF
Sensors
RGB-D / multiple depth cameras
Vision
—
Semantic VSLAM, multimodal
Perception
—
6-axis IMU, force-torque sensors
Inertial/force
—
—
Tactile
Tesla sensors on all fingers
AI & Software
Embodied AI; large-model task planning
Intelligence
—
Autonomous navigation; swarm collaboration
Autonomy
—
Zeekr, Nio, BYD, Audi-FAW, Foxconn, SF Express
Deployment
—
—
Control
Improved balance & full-body control
Power
~2 hours
Runtime
—
—
Battery
2.3 kWh
—
Battery location
Torso-integrated pack