# Tesla Optimus vs Figure 03: which is closer to your home?

**Tesla Optimus vs Figure 03: Which Is Closer?** · Last verified Jul 26, 2026. 4 sources.

**Neither is a home product today. Figure 03 is the more commercially proven of the two, but in warehouses, not homes; Optimus is earlier and also not on sale to anyone.** Both are humanoids their makers describe reaching the home eventually, and neither is a home robot you can buy. Figure 03 is further along commercially: the record holds a genuine paid logistics deployment (a Catalyst Brands distribution center, partner-confirmed in 2026), it runs Figure's Helix vision-language-action model under supervision, and its sensor suite is published. But that progress is in an enterprise warehouse, and Figure does not disclose a price. Its home story is a stated plan to collect home data at scale to train Helix, an ambition, not a shipping product. Tesla Optimus is earlier, at research stage, with no external sale and a price that is only a $20,000 to $30,000 manufacturer target. So Figure is the more proven machine and Optimus the more consumer-priced promise, and neither has put a robot in an ordinary home. We do not crown a home winner the record cannot support. This is general information, not buying advice.

## Quick answers

- **Can I buy either for my home?**: Neither is on sale to consumers
- **Which is more commercially proven?**: Figure 03, in logistics
- **What does Figure 03 cost?**: Undisclosed
- **Is Figure 03 actually a home robot?**: No, a warehouse robot with a home plan

## Short answer

People compare these two as if picking a household helper, but the record says neither is one yet. Figure 03 is the more commercially proven machine: it has a real paid logistics deployment, it runs the Helix model under human supervision, and its sensors are documented. That work, though, is in a distribution center, and Figure has not disclosed a price. Its home ambition is candid but forward-looking: a plan to collect home data at scale to train Helix, described in [Figure's own home-data comparison](/home-robots/optimus-vs-figure-03-privacy.md). Tesla Optimus is a step earlier at research stage, unsold, and priced only as a target. So one is a proven warehouse robot with a home plan, the other a cheaper promise, and neither is a robot in your house. We lay out what each has put on the record and let you weigh it. This is general information, not buying advice.

## What actually exists today

| What people ask about | Status | The reality |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A shipping home product | Neither | Neither is sold as a home robot. Figure's real deployments are enterprise logistics; Optimus has no external sale. Figure's home story is a data-collection plan, not a product. |
| Commercial maturity | Figure 03 ahead | The record holds a genuine paid Figure 03 logistics deployment (Catalyst Brands distribution center, partner-confirmed 2026). Optimus is at research stage with no external commercial sale. Figure is the more proven machine. |
| Price a buyer can check | Neither is a real retail price | Figure 03's price is undisclosed. Optimus has only a manufacturer target of $20,000 to $30,000 (a projection, not a realized price). Neither gives a buyer a number to trust. |
| How it is driven | Both on the record | Figure 03 runs the Helix vision-language-action model under human supervision (autonomy class supervised). Optimus shares Tesla's FSD perception approach; its 2024 home-like demo was human-teleoperated. |
| Size and build | Both on the record | Figure 03 is about 173 cm and 61 kg, 20 kg payload, roughly 5-hour runtime. Optimus is about 173 cm and 57 to 73 kg. Both are on the record; neither is a safety result. |
| A home privacy policy | Neither | Neither publishes a home-robot privacy policy. Figure has openly said it intends to collect home data to train Helix; Optimus discloses only signals from its decompiled app. More disclosure is not more privacy. |

## How to read the comparison

The trap is reading commercial progress as home readiness. Hold each piece at its true weight: a robot proven in a warehouse is not a robot proven in your kitchen, and the same caution applies when you weigh either against a smart speaker.

- **Figure's edge: A real paid deployment, and a shipping AI**: Figure 03 has a genuine paid logistics deployment and runs Helix under supervision, with documented sensors. On commercial proof, Figure is ahead of Tesla.
- **The catch: Warehouse-proven is not home-proven**: Figure's progress is in a distribution center, its price is undisclosed, and its home story is a plan to gather your home data, not a product. Proven at work does not mean ready at home.
- **Optimus's record: Cheaper on paper, earlier in fact**: Optimus is priced as a consumer target but sits at research stage with no sale. A friendlier number, a less proven machine.
- **Where it stands: No home winner**: Neither is a home robot, so we crown no home winner. When either ships a consumer home unit with a real price, this page gets a dated update.

## What would change this

We track both against the verified records, including [the Optimus record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/tesla-optimus) and [the Figure 03 record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/figure-03), so you do not have to. Any one of these moves the comparison, and each becomes a dated line the week it happens:

- Figure announces a consumer home product, or discloses a Figure 03 price.
- Tesla makes a verified external Optimus sale, or sets a realized price rather than a target.
- Either demonstrates a verified autonomous home task without a human supervising.
- Scrutiny of both 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 here is from the verified DEPLOY record for each machine, and every absence is stated. We record Figure's commercial step as its genuine paid logistics deployment and reject the aggregator numbers that Figure's and BMW's own disclosures contradict. We present no home product neither maker sells.

- [Figure 03: the verified registry record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/figure-03) (live)
- [Tesla Optimus: the verified registry record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/tesla-optimus) (live)
- [Figure: Introducing Figure 03 (sensor suite, Helix)](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)

If either maker ships a consumer home unit or discloses a price, or if you can show us we got something wrong, our corrections process logs the response on the record.

## Common questions

### Is the Tesla Optimus or the Figure 03 closer to being a home robot?

Neither is a home robot you can buy. Figure 03 is the more commercially proven, with a genuine paid logistics deployment and a shipping AI model (Helix) run under supervision, but that is a warehouse, not a home, and its price is undisclosed. Optimus is earlier at research stage with no sale. Figure's home plan is data collection to train Helix, an ambition rather than a product.

### How much does a Figure 03 cost compared with Optimus?

Figure has not disclosed a Figure 03 price. Tesla has quoted a manufacturer target of $20,000 to $30,000 for Optimus, but that is a projection at scale, not a realized retail price. Neither gives a buyer a number to rely on.

### Is Figure 03 more advanced than Optimus?

On commercial proof, yes: Figure 03 has a real paid deployment and a documented AI stack, while Optimus is at research stage with no external sale. But advanced in a distribution center is not the same as ready for a home, and Figure does not sell a home unit either.

### Does Figure 03 come to homes?

Not as a product. Figure's home connection today is a stated plan (Project Go-Big) to collect home data at scale to train its Helix model. That is an ambition and a data question, not a robot you can put in your house.

### Which one collects more of my data?

Neither publishes a home-robot privacy policy. Figure has openly said it intends to collect home data to train Helix; Tesla discloses only strings surfaced from its decompiled app. We cover the head-to-head on privacy in a dedicated comparison.

## Keep reading

- [Which home robot is best value?](/home-robots/best-value-home-robot.md): Where an undisclosed price leaves Figure.
- [Tesla Optimus vs the field: which home robot should you compare?](/home-robots/home-robot-comparison.md): Every home-robot comparison, grounded in the verified record, one page.
- [Tesla Optimus vs 1X NEO: which home humanoid is further along?](/home-robots/optimus-vs-1x-neo.md): Head to head
- [Tesla Optimus vs Unitree G1: the one you can buy vs the one you can't](/home-robots/optimus-vs-unitree-g1.md): Head to head

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