# Optimus or Figure 03: which home robot is more private?

**Tesla Optimus vs Figure 03: Which Is More Private?** · Last verified Jul 22, 2026. 6 sources.

**Neither publishes a home-robot privacy policy. Figure 03 has more on the public record, but more disclosure is not the same as more privacy.** Both are pre-consumer humanoids built for the home, and neither Tesla nor Figure has published a privacy policy, consent flow, or data-retention statement specific to a robot in your house. Figure has more on the record: a generic corporate privacy policy (effective January 2026) that never mentions robots or the home, published Figure 03 sensor specs, and an unusually candid, stated plan to collect home data at scale to train its Helix model. Its one privacy safeguard is a verbal intent to blur personal information like Google Street View, made to a reporter, not an auditable policy. Optimus discloses even less: no policy at all, only claimed-tier app-code signals that hint at in-home data collection. So Figure tells you more, including that it wants your home data, while Optimus tells you almost nothing. Being more forthcoming is not the same as being more private, and we do not crown a winner the record cannot support.

## Quick answers

- **Does either publish a home-robot privacy policy?**: Neither does
- **Which discloses more about home data?**: Figure, openly
- **Is Figure 03 teleoperated like the 1X NEO?**: No, markets autonomy
- **Can you delete your data from either?**: No mechanism published

## Short answer

People ask which of these two robots is safer to let into a home, and they want a winner. The honest read is that the record does not hand you one. Neither Tesla nor Figure has published a privacy policy for a robot operating in your house. Where they differ is in how much they say around that gap. Figure is the more forthcoming of the two: it published Figure 03's sensor suite, it operates a generic corporate privacy policy, and it has openly described a program to collect home data at scale to train its Helix model, softened by a verbal promise to blur personal information the way Google Street View does. Tesla says far less about Optimus: no policy, just app-code strings that hint at in-home data collection. The trap is reading Figure's candor as privacy. Disclosing that you intend to collect home data is transparency about collecting more, not a commitment to collect less. We lay out what each has actually put on the record and let you weigh it.

## What actually exists today

| What people ask about | Status | The reality |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A home-robot privacy policy or consent flow | Neither | Neither publishes one. Figure has a generic corporate privacy policy (effective Jan 2026) that never mentions robots, humanoids, or the home; Tesla has published no Optimus privacy policy at all. |
| Disclosed sensor suite | Both disclose hardware | Figure published Figure 03's cameras, palm cameras, repositioned microphone, and fingertip tactile sensing (Oct 2025). Optimus's cameras and shared FSD perception stack are on the registry record. What each does with the data is undisclosed. |
| Acknowledged plan to collect home data | Figure, openly | Figure openly describes collecting home data at scale to train Helix (Project Go-Big, Sep 2025; Adcock in TIME). For Optimus it is only claimed-tier app-code strings hinting at in-home collection. Figure is more forthcoming that it wants home data. |
| A stated privacy safeguard | Figure, verbal only | Figure told a reporter it intends to detect, blur, and replace personal information like Google Street View. That is a press statement, not an auditable policy. Tesla has stated no Optimus safeguard. |
| A remote human in the loop (teleoperation) | Neither discloses home teleop | Figure markets full onboard autonomy via Helix and discloses no teleoperation; its VR pilots collect demonstration data, they are not remote drivers, and full home autonomy is admittedly unfinished. Optimus discloses no home teleoperation either (its 2024 We, Robot demo was human-assisted, an event, not a home model). |
| A way to delete your data or opt out | Neither | Neither Tesla nor Figure publishes a home-robot deletion or opt-out mechanism. General consumer-privacy law may apply, but no product-specific control is on either record. |

## How to read the comparison

The instinct is to reward whoever says more. That instinct can mislead you here, so hold each piece at its true weight.

- **Figure's edge: It says more, on the record**: Figure published Figure 03's sensors, runs a corporate privacy policy, and openly describes a home-data-collection program. On sheer disclosure, Figure is ahead of Tesla.
- **The catch: Candor about collecting is not privacy**: Figure's most candid statement is that it intends to gather home data at scale to train Helix. Telling you it wants more of your data is transparency about collection, not a promise to collect less.
- **Optimus's record: Discloses less either way**: Tesla has published no Optimus privacy policy, only claimed-tier app-code strings that hint at in-home collection. Less is said, so less can be verified, in either direction.
- **Where it stands: No verifiable winner**: Neither has a home-robot privacy policy, so no honest ranking crowns one as more private. When either publishes a real policy, this page gets a dated update and, if warranted, a verdict.

## What would change this

We track both robots so you do not have to. Any one of these moves the comparison, and each becomes a dated line on this page the week it happens:

- Tesla or Figure publishes a home-robot privacy policy, consent flow, or data-retention statement.
- Figure turns its verbal blur-and-replace intent into an auditable, documented commitment.
- Either maker ships a home unit with described capture, deletion, or opt-out controls.
- Privacy scrutiny of both makers tends to sharpen after real incidents. Right now the verified record holdszero safety incidentsacross the Tesla Optimus and Figure 03, and every new one is logged the week it lands.

## How we know this

Every Figure fact here is a dated, checkable source, and every absence is stated plainly. Company announcements are labeled claimed; a published policy document and the registry records are verified. We do not present Figure's autonomy marketing as a teleoperation disclosure, and we invent no policy for either maker.

- [Figure privacy policy (generic; no robot/home language)](https://www.figure.ai/privacy-policy) (Effective Jan 21, 2026)
- [Figure: Introducing Figure 03 (sensor suite, cameras, mic, tactile)](https://www.figure.ai/news/introducing-figure-03) (Oct 9, 2025)
- [Figure: Project Go-Big (home-data collection to train Helix)](https://www.figure.ai/news/project-go-big) (claimed) (Sep 18, 2025)
- [TIME: Figure 03 reveal (Adcock on home data, blur-and-replace intent)](https://time.com/7324233/figure-03-robot-humanoid-reveal/) (claimed) (Oct 9, 2025)
- [TeslaNorth: Tesla wants your home data to train Optimus (app update)](https://teslanorth.com/2026/07/22/tesla-wants-your-home-data-to-train-optimus-its-buried-in-the-latest-app-update/) (claimed) (Jul 22, 2026)
- [Tesla Optimus: the verified registry record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/tesla-optimus) (live)

If either maker publishes a home-robot privacy policy, or if you can show us we got something wrong, our corrections process logs the response on the record.

## Common questions

### Is a Tesla Optimus or a Figure 03 more private?

Neither publishes a home-robot privacy policy, so there is no verifiable winner. Figure has more on the public record, including published sensor specs and an openly stated plan to collect home data at scale to train its Helix model. Optimus discloses less, only claimed-tier app-code signals. More disclosure is not the same as more privacy.

### Does Figure 03 collect data from your home?

Figure has openly said it intends to. Its Project Go-Big program (Sep 2025) and Adcock's TIME interview describe collecting home data at scale to train Helix. Figure told a reporter it plans to blur personal information like Google Street View, but that is a verbal intent, not a published, auditable policy.

### Is the Figure 03 teleoperated the way the 1X NEO is?

No. Figure markets full onboard autonomy via its Helix model and discloses no teleoperation. Its VR pilots record human demonstration video to train the robot; they are not remote drivers of a robot in your home. By Figure's own account full home autonomy is not finished yet, and it has not stated whether any human monitors home units during its early program.

### Does Tesla say more about Optimus privacy than Figure does about Figure 03?

No. Tesla has published no Optimus privacy policy; the only signals are claimed-tier app-code strings. Figure at least published sensor specs, operates a corporate privacy policy, and has stated its home-data ambitions. Figure says more, though neither has a home-robot policy you can hold them to.

## Keep reading

- [What does a Tesla Optimus record in your home?](/home-robots/optimus-what-it-records.md): What is captured and kept.
- [Does a Tesla Optimus train on your home data?](/home-robots/optimus-trains-on-your-home.md): The app update's stated purpose.
- [Tesla Optimus: the full registry record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/tesla-optimus): Sources, maturity, and 0 incidents, verified vs claimed.
- [Figure 03: the full registry record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/figure-03): Specs, sources, and maturity, verified vs claimed.
- [What data will Optimus collect in your home?](/home-robots/handbook/optimus-data-collection.md): All four governance domains, by status.

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