Apollo 2 vs Figure 03
Apptronik Apollo 2 and Figure AI Figure 03 compared on the same basis. Each value shows how sure we are of it, so a reported figure is not read as an official one.
- Weight: Apollo 2 73 kg · Figure 03 61 kg (12 kg apart)
- Total degrees of freedom: Apollo 2 35 · Figure 03 30 (5 apart)
- Payload: Apollo 2 25 kg · Figure 03 20 kg (5 kg apart)
| Item | Apollo 2 | Figure 03 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Apptronik | Figure AI |
| Stage | Pilot | Production |
| Height cm | 173 Reported | 173 Official |
| Weight kg | 73 Reported | 61 Official |
| Total degrees of freedom | 35 Reported | 30 Reported |
| Actuation | Electric Official | Electric Official |
| Top speed km/h | 5 Reported | 4.3 Official |
| Hand DoF (per hand) | 12 Reported | — |
| Fingers | 5 Reported | 5 Reported |
| Payload kg | 25 Reported | 20 Official |
| Tactile sensors | — | Fingertip sensors detect force down to about 3g, cameras in both palms Official |
| Runtime h | 4 Reported | 5 Official |
| Battery kWh | — | 2.3 Official |
| Battery swap | Swappable Reported | Fixed (not swappable), 2kW wireless inductive charging and docking through foot coils Official |
| Compute unit | — | 2 onboard low-power embedded GPUs (run Helix) Official |
| Sensors | Perception system fitted (details not disclosed); stops immediately when an impact zone is detected, configurable surrounding-zone safety; chest display, LED mouth, voice input/output Official | Next-generation cameras (2x frame rate, 1/4 latency, 60%+ wider view), cameras in both palms, fingertip tactile sensors that detect 3g, 10Gbps mmWave data offload Official |
| AI model | Apptronik Artemis (autonomy stack for perception, planning, control and safety) + Fleet Connect + Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics Official | Helix (own VLA model) → Helix 02 (2026-01, single neural network from pixels to whole-body action) → Helix 2.5 (2026-09, pretrained on the human behavior dataset Index, zero-shot generalization in 30 unseen homes) Official |
| Price | — | $130,000 Rumor |
| Production & shipments | Apollo 2 production volume not disclosed (more than the first generation). Deployed at Jabil partner sites; Apollo 3 targeted for 2027 Reported | BotQ phase 1 at 12,000 units/year, target of 100,000 units over 4 years. 2026-04: one unit per hour, 350+ Figure 03 delivered (official). 2026-05 commercial logistics contract with Catalyst Brands, 2026-06 deployed in BMW Spartanburg Hall 52 Official |