Figure vs IRON
Figure is a humanoid robot by Figure AI (United States); IRON comes from XPENG (China). IRON is taller at 178 cm, against 168 cm for Figure. IRON is heavier: 70 kg versus 60 kg for Figure. IRON has more degrees of freedom (82 against 30). Both are prototypes. Listed prices: $130,000 for Figure and $150,000 for IRON.
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| Spec |   🇺🇸 United StatesPrototype |   🇨🇳 ChinaPrototype |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Year | ||
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Body | ||
| Height | ||
| Height | 168 cm | 178 cm |
| Weight | ||
| Weight | 60 kg | 70 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | ||
| Degrees of freedom | 30 | 82 |
| DoF (hands) | ||
| DoF (hands) | 20 | 22 |
| Fingers | ||
| Fingers | 10 | 10 |
| Structural material | ||
| Structural material | Battery enclosure uses stamped steel, die-cast aluminum, and structural adhesives | - |
| Motion | ||
| Max speed | ||
| Max speed | 4.3 km/h | 7 km/h |
| Walking speed | ||
| Walking speed | 4.3 km/h | 4 km/h |
| Strength | ||
| Strength | 20 kg | 20 kg |
| Runtime | ||
| Runtime | 5 h | 4 h |
| Motor tech | ||
| Motor tech | Frameless BLDC-motors | Electric servo-actuator drive (high-torque servos referenced in coverage; vendor hasn’t posted actuator specs). |
| Gear tech | ||
| Gear tech | Strain-wave (harmonic) and/or cycloidal | - |
| Sensing & Compute | ||
| CPU / GPU | ||
| CPU / GPU | Helix runs entirely on-board on dual low-power embedded GPUs | XPENG Turing AI chips |
| Operating system | ||
| Operating system | Ubuntu Linux (LTS) + RT-komponenter | Tianji AIOS |
| LLM integration | ||
| LLM integration | Helix uses an open-source, open-weight VLM for high-level reasoning | Vision-Language-Task (VLT) |
| Camera | ||
| Camera | 03 introduces a new vision system with 2× frame rate, ¼ latency, and +60% FoV per camera, plus palm cameras in each hand. | - |
| Connectivity | ||
| Connectivity | 10 Gbps mmWave data offload; wireless inductive charging and data offload | Cloud-connected |
| Latency (glass → action) | ||
| Latency (glass → action) | No numeric “glass-to-action” latency published. Site notes ¼ camera latency vs. prior architecture and 200 Hz low-level control | - |
| Safety & Market | ||
| Primary market | ||
| Primary market | Home service, Industries | Early focus on commercial deployments |
| Country | ||
| Country | United States | China |
| Availability | ||
| Availability | Prototype | Prototype |
| Price | ||
| Price | $ 130 000 | $ 150 000 |
| Verified facts | ||
| Deployments | ||
| Deployments | 1 | - |
| Production records | ||
| Production records | 1 | - |
| All reviewed facts | ||
| All reviewed facts | 11 | 2 |
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