Figure 03 vs Optimus V3 (Gen 3)
Figure AI Figure 03 and Tesla Optimus V3 (Gen 3) 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: Figure 03 61 kg · Optimus V3 (Gen 3) 57 kg (4 kg apart)
- Total degrees of freedom: Figure 03 30 · Optimus V3 (Gen 3) 28 (2 apart)
| Item | Figure 03 | Optimus V3 (Gen 3) |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Figure AI | Tesla |
| Stage | Production | Production |
| Height cm | 173 Official | 173 Reported |
| Weight kg | 61 Official | 57 Reported |
| Total degrees of freedom | 30 Reported | 28 Reported |
| Actuation | Electric Official | Electric Official |
| Top speed km/h | 4.3 Official | — |
| Hand DoF (per hand) | — | 22 Reported |
| Fingers | 5 Reported | — |
| Payload kg | 20 Official | 20 Reported |
| Tactile sensors | Fingertip sensors detect force down to about 3g, cameras in both palms Official | — |
| Runtime h | 5 Official | — |
| Battery kWh | 2.3 Official | 2.3 Official |
| Battery swap | Fixed (not swappable), 2kW wireless inductive charging and docking through foot coils Official | — |
| Compute unit | 2 onboard low-power embedded GPUs (run Helix) Official | Tesla AI4 (FSD computer) family, AI5 planned Reported |
| Sensors | 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 | Autopilot/FSD-family vision cameras, hand tactile sensors (patent) Reported |
| AI model | 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 | End-to-end neural network shared with Tesla FSD Reported |
| Price | $130,000 Rumor | $25,000 Rumor |
| Production & shipments | 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 | Q3 results 2026-10-22: 'initial production' started on the Fremont high-speed line, most equipment for 1 million units/year per line moved in, at least 1+ year to reach the target annualized rate. Construction of the Austin Optimus factory started (long-term plan of 10 million units/year for the Giga Texas second-generation line). External customer deliveries around the end of 2027 (early industrial use) Official |