Apollo vs Optimus

Apollo is a humanoid robot by Apptronik (United States); Optimus comes from Tesla (United States). Optimus is taller at 175.6 cm, against 173 cm for Apollo. Apollo is heavier: 72 kg versus 53 kg for Optimus. Apollo has more degrees of freedom (71 against 46). Apollo is in pilot deployments, while Optimus is a prototype. Listed prices: $50,000 for Apollo and $30,000 for Optimus.

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Spec	Apollo Apptronik 🇺🇸 United StatesPilot	Optimus Tesla 🇺🇸 United StatesPrototype
Overview
Year
Year	2023	2021
Body
Height
Height	173 cm	175.6 cm
Weight
Weight	72 kg	53 kg
Degrees of freedom
Degrees of freedom	71	46
Motion
Max speed
Max speed	3.4 km/h	8 km/h
Walking speed
Walking speed	3.4 km/h	2.5 km/h
Strength
Strength	24.9 kg	20 kg
Runtime
Runtime	4 h	1 h
Sensing & Compute
Tactile / force sensors
Tactile / force sensors	-	Force sensors in its hands
Safety & Market
Safe with humans
Safe with humans	Designed for friendly interaction and safety; uses perimeter zone and impact zone behavior to create a safe working environment.	-
Primary market
Primary market	Warehouses and manufacturing plants	-
Country
Country	United States	United States
Availability
Availability	Pilot	Prototype
Price
Price	$ 50 000	$ 30 000
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