Figure 03 vs Atlas (Electric 2025): Which Humanoid Wins?

Choose Figure 03 if you want a humanoid designed around homes and light workplace tasks, with a 5-hour runtime, wireless charging and soft, washable covers. Choose Atlas if you run a factory or warehouse and need heavy lifting: it carries 30 kg all day, peaks at 50 kg and is sealed to IP67 against dust and water. Figure 03 is the better fit for varied, delicate handling around people. Atlas is the better fit for repeated heavy material moves, tied into factory software through Boston Dynamics' Orbit platform.

Figure 03 runs 5 hours on a 2.3 kWh battery, while Atlas runs 4 hours per battery. Figure 03 recharges without cables: coils in its feet let it step onto a stand and charge at 2 kW. Atlas keeps working by swapping its own battery in under three minutes, after walking to a charging station by itself. Wireless charging suits a robot topping up between chores. Battery swapping suits a shift-based plant, where a fresh pack means almost no pause and the robot is ready for another four hours.

Atlas states a sustained load of 30 kg (66 lb) and a peak of 50 kg (110 lb), while Figure 03's maker publishes no lift rating. Atlas also has a 2.3 m (7.5 ft) reach, so it can work on high shelves and racks. That is the clearest gap between the two. Figure 03's strength is in how it handles things, not how much: its actuators move twice as fast as Figure 02's, aimed at quick pick-and-place work. If your job means lifting boxes or car parts all shift, Atlas is the stated choice.

Figure 03 is the one with published hand sensing: a camera in each palm and in-house fingertip sensors that detect as little as three grams of pressure, about a paperclip. The palm camera keeps watching when the head cameras are blocked, for example while reaching into a cabinet. Atlas lists tactile sensing and a 360-degree camera view, but Boston Dynamics publishes no fingertip figure. For delicate, fiddly objects like dishes, laundry or thin sheet-metal parts, Figure 03 shows more evidence of fine touch.

Figure 03 leans on soft design, using multi-density foam over pinch points, textile covers instead of hard machined parts, and a battery certified to the UN38.3 transport standard. Atlas leans on rugged, serviceable design: IP67 sealing, an operating range of -20 to 40 degrees Celsius, and limbs that can be replaced in under five minutes. In practice, Figure 03 is built to be gentle in a living room, while Atlas is built to survive a hard working day. Neither maker publishes a full-robot safety certification.

Atlas has a customer pilot at Hyundai, where it handled part sequencing, and Boston Dynamics is taking early-adopter customers in select industries. Figure 03 arrived at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in June 2026 for a sequencing job, and Figure says it has built over 350 units at its BotQ factory. Figure also tested its Helix 2.5 software in 30 homes it had never seen. Both are on real sites, but neither is a shelf product: you reach both makers through a sales or early-access route.

Figure 03 runs Helix, an AI that turns camera images and spoken words straight into movement, and its fleet uploads data over a 10 Gbps wireless link so every robot can learn from the others. Atlas learns from people in a different way: workers guide it through VR headsets or motion-capture suits, and thousands of digital copies practise in simulation. When one Atlas learns a task, Boston Dynamics says it can be sent to the whole fleet. Both approaches share skills across robots; Figure aims at general home tasks, Atlas at set industrial jobs.

Atlas is the easier fit for an existing plant. It supports barcode scanning, connects to MES and WMS systems (the software that tracks orders and stock), and Orbit shows fleet performance on one screen. It is built to work at human-sized workstations with the same equipment staff use. Figure 03 fits places that change often, thanks to cameras that adapt to cluttered spaces and side screens that identify each robot in a fleet and carry company branding. Customers can also order uniforms, including cut-resistant ones, to suit the site.

Figure 03 is the home-first choice: Figure built its wireless charging, soft goods, washable covers and louder speaker for living spaces, and tests household chores such as tidying rooms and making beds. Atlas is the factory-first choice: its page is built around enterprise material handling, and it is sealed for dust and water. Figure 03 can also work in factories, as the BMW trial shows. Atlas, at 90 kg and 1.9 m, is not shaped for tight homes, and Boston Dynamics does not market it for them.