Head to head
Figure 03 vs Optimus
Figure 03 (Figure AI, no public price) against Optimus (Tesla, from $30,000), side by side on price, realism, specifications and availability.
The short version
- Figure 03 scores higher on our Realism Index: 38/100 to Optimus's 34. The widest gap is body & skin (45 vs 30).
- Optimus has a public price ($30,000); Figure 03 doesn't.
- Both are announced but not on sale.
Composed from the two directory records, so it updates when they do.
Our verdict
Two faceless, walking humanoids from two of the field's biggest bets, and neither is on sale. Figure 03 is designed for the home, with washable textile covers, foam pinch protection and fingertips that sense about 3 grams of force, and it leads on mind (58 vs 52) and reality (28 vs 25). Optimus walks a little better (60 vs 55 on motion) and carries a stated price target of about $30,000 at scale, but its paper trail is a run of slipped targets.
- Pick Figure 03 if
- Pick Figure 03 if you want the humanoid engineered most deliberately for living alongside people at home.
- Pick Optimus if
- Pick Optimus if you're betting on Tesla's manufacturing scale to bring a humanoid's price down and can live with timelines that have repeatedly slipped.
Figure 0338/100
Optimus34/100
Realism Index sub-scores — six weighted dimensions built from public evidence. How we score
 |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Announced | Announced |
| Type | Consumer | Humanoid |
| Form | Full body | Full body |
| Presents as | Non-gendered | Non-gendered |
| Price | Undisclosed; a ~$20k home target has been reported | Target ~$30k at scale; Musk has floated under $20k |
| Subscription | — | — |
| Availability | In-home testing · no sale date | Early production · outside deliveries late 2027 |
| Origin | USA | USA |
| Realism index | 38/100 | 34/100 |
| Height | 168 cm · 5 ft 6 in | 173 cm · 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight | ~60 kg | 57 kg · 125 lb (Gen 2 baseline) |
| Skin & materials | Washable textile covers with foam pinch-protection | Industrial shells — no synthetic skin |
| Actuation | Actuators ~2× faster than Figure 02; 16-DoF hands | 40+ actuators; hands targeting 22 DoF (Gen 3) |
| Power | 2 kW wireless charging via foot coils | ~2.3 kWh battery |
| Runtime | ~5 hours (est.) | Not officially confirmed |
| AI & conversation | Helix vision-language-action model; full-body autonomy | FSD-derived vision; new AI5 chip for onboard intelligence (Gen 3) |
| Voice | Natural language via Helix; speaker ~4× louder than F.02 | Grok-based conversational voice (Gen 3 target) |
| Mobility | Bipedal walking | Bipedal walking demoed ~8 km/h |
| Expressions | No humanlike face | No expressive face |
| Languages | — | — |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi; 10 Gbps mmWave data offload | Wi-Fi / cellular |