Warehouse
Neither is a buyable warehouse pick. Do not rank Tesla Optimus or XPENG IRON against Digit-class tote hours.
Tesla
Tesla Optimus Research / prototype
Vs
Tesla Optimus vs IRON
Two research / prototype humanoids. Neither is for sale. Neither has a public SKU. This pair is evidence, not a purchase.
Availability: Research / prototype. Not for sale · no public SKU. Not a warehouse or home buy.
Use-case verdict strip
Fit by job, not a sold winner.
Research
Watch / not buyable. Compare public claims only. If you need a robot on a PO, this pair is the wrong aisle.
Home
Neither. Not a home product and not a pre-order.
Care
Neither. No care path.
Use-case fit, not a sold winner. We do not declare a universal “best” on vs pages.
Side-by-side
Spec / cue
Status tier
Research / prototype
Research / prototype
Buy / pre-order
No — cannot buy or pre-order
No — cannot buy or pre-order
All-in cue
Not for sale · no public SKU
Not for sale · no public SKU
Evidence
Commercial path
None — cannot buy or pre-order
None — cannot buy or pre-order
Price signal
No list price. $20–30k figures in circulation are manufacturer scale targets, not an offer.
No official price. Third-party estimates are not a quote.
Form
Bipedal humanoid
Bipedal humanoid
Height
173 cm
178 cm
Weight
57 kg
70 kg
DoF
Body ~28 cited; hands 11 DoF class in older public materials (draft)
82 active / higher total cited in secondary sources (draft)
Payload
~9 kg/hand or ~20 kg class — conflicting secondary reports
Not published as a work spec
Runtime
Not a published customer spec
Not published
Regions
United States (Tesla sites only)
China (XPENG / partner sites)
Hidden cost cues
There is no SKU, quote, or reservation · Any future price would still omit integration · Do not budget a 2026 delivery
No deposit or reservation · Any future retail path is unpriced · Integration still undefined
Draft specs. Methodology.
Sponsored row
No paid insight is attached to this pair in the seed. If a vendor bought a vs-page row, it would appear here as Sponsored copy, never as a rank or a “winner.”
Next action
Follow research
These models are Research / prototype. Not for sale · no public SKU. This is not a demo request and not a vendor intro.
Watching: Tesla Optimus, IRON.