Atlas vs IRON
Atlas is a humanoid robot by Boston Dynamics (United States); IRON comes from XPENG (China). Atlas is taller at 190 cm, against 178 cm for IRON. Atlas is heavier: 90 kg versus 70 kg for IRON. IRON has more degrees of freedom (82 against 56). Atlas is in pilot deployments, while IRON is a prototype. Listed prices: $120,000 for Atlas and $150,000 for IRON.
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| Spec |   🇺🇸 United StatesPilot |   🇨🇳 ChinaPrototype |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Year | ||
| Year | 2013 | 2024 |
| Body | ||
| Height | ||
| Height | 190 cm | 178 cm |
| Weight | ||
| Weight | 90 kg | 70 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | ||
| Degrees of freedom | 56 | 82 |
| DoF (hands) | ||
| DoF (hands) | 13 | 22 |
| Fingers | ||
| Fingers | 3 | 10 |
| Structural material | ||
| Structural material | Titanium, aluminum components | - |
| Color | ||
| Color | White, Blue | - |
| Motion | ||
| Max speed | ||
| Max speed | 8 km/h | 7 km/h |
| Walking speed | ||
| Walking speed | 9 km/h | 4 km/h |
| Strength | ||
| Strength | 50 kg | 20 kg |
| Runtime | ||
| Runtime | 4 h | 4 h |
| Motor tech | ||
| Motor tech | Fully electric actuators | Electric servo-actuator drive (high-torque servos referenced in coverage; vendor hasn’t posted actuator specs). |
| Gear tech | ||
| Gear tech | Unspecified (likely harmonic or precision gear systems in joints) | - |
| Sensing & Compute | ||
| CPU / GPU | ||
| CPU / GPU | Not publicly specified (custom robot compute likely). Assumed advanced embedded robotics processors. | XPENG Turing AI chips |
| Operating system | ||
| Operating system | Custom robotics OS with integration support | Tianji AIOS |
| LLM integration | ||
| LLM integration | Not officially confirmed; partnerships with DeepMind suggest future AI integration | Vision-Language-Task (VLT) |
| Camera | ||
| Camera | Not officially detailed; 360° vision system | - |
| Connectivity | ||
| Connectivity | enterprise integration (Orbit software), Wi‑Fi | Cloud-connected |
| Tactile / force sensors | ||
| Tactile / force sensors | tactile feedback | - |
| Latency (glass → action) | ||
| Latency (glass → action) | Not publicly available; robotics systems optimized for real-time motion | - |
| Safety & Market | ||
| Safe with humans | ||
| Safe with humans | Yes | - |
| Ingress protection | ||
| Ingress protection | IP67 | - |
| Primary market | ||
| Primary market | Industrial automation, logistics, Manufacturing | Early focus on commercial deployments |
| Country | ||
| Country | United States | China |
| Availability | ||
| Availability | Pilot | Prototype |
| Price | ||
| Price | $ 120 000 | $ 150 000 |
| Verified facts | ||
| Deployments | ||
| Deployments | 1 | - |
| All reviewed facts | ||
| All reviewed facts | 16 | 2 |
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