Model comparison · robotics
Helix 02 vs GR00T N1.7 3B
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Figure · activeHelix 02Verified Aug 28, 2026
NVIDIA · activeGR00T N1.7 3BVerified Aug 28, 2026
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| Field | Helix 02 | GR00T N1.7 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Figure | NVIDIA |
| Family | Helix | Isaac GR00T |
| Model | Helix 02 | GR00T N1.7 3B |
| Version | 02 | N1.7 |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Robot state | Text, Image, Robot state |
| Output modalities | Robot action | Robot action |
| Context window | Unknown | Unknown |
| Total parameters | Unknown | 3000000000 |
| Active parameters | Unknown | Unknown |
| License | Unknown | apache-2.0 |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| API available | No | No |
| Self-hostable | No | Yes |
| Capabilities | dexterous-manipulation, long-horizon-control, tactile-control, whole-body-control | cross-embodiment, dexterous-manipulation, whole-body-control, fine-tuning |
| Robotics model type | Vision-language-action model | Vision-language-action model |
| Action representation | Full-body joint targets | Predictive chunks of relative joint motions |
| Control architecture | Semantic reasoning, visuomotor policy, and kHz whole-body controller | Vision-language backbone with action expert |
| Inference location | On device | On device |
| Native control rate (Hz) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Supported embodiments | Figure 03 | Unitree G1, AgiBot Genie-1, Fourier GR-1, bimanual manipulation platforms |
| Training data | Figure reports more than 1,000 hours of human motion data plus sim-to-real reinforcement learning for its whole-body controller. | Mixture of real teleoperation, synthetic robot data, and internet-scale video described by NVIDIA. |
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