Apollo 2Apptronik source ↗Robot comparison · interactive
Apollo 2 vs SO-101
A symmetrical comparison using normalized manufacturer-reported specifications. Green highlights mark the stronger value only where the specification has a defensible direction.
Apollo 2Apptronik source ↗
SO-101Hugging Face LeRobot source ↗FieldAt a glance
Apptronik · Select customersApollo 2Humanoid · verified Aug 28, 2026
Hugging Face LeRobot · Open buildSO-101Fixed manipulator · verified Aug 28, 2026
Cross-category comparisonThese platforms do not share a sourced form factor, use case, or editorial comparison rationale, but their normalized specifications remain available below.
Technical differences
Side-by-side specifications
| Field | Apollo 2 | SO-101 |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Apptronik | Hugging Face LeRobot |
| Version | 2 | SO-101 |
| Form factor | Humanoid | Fixed manipulator |
| Availability | Select customers | Open build |
| Primary use | Industrial manipulation and logistics | Robotics research, data collection, and policy evaluation |
| Starting price | Unknown | Unknown |
| Price qualifier | Contact sales | Bill-of-materials cost varies |
| Height (m) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Weight (kg) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Payload (kg) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Runtime (hours) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Maximum speed (m/s) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Degrees of freedom | Unknown | 6 |
| Reach (m) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Battery | Swappable batteries with opportunity-charging and tethering options | External power; configuration depends on sourced motors |
| Sensors | perception system, speech and listening hardware | user-configured cameras, joint position feedback |
| Onboard compute | Not disclosed | Host computer supplied by the builder |
| Software | Artemis, Fleet Connect, Gemini Robotics integration | Hugging Face LeRobot, Feetech SDK |
| Safety | hardware safety zones, impact-zone stop, configurable perimeter zone | configurable maximum relative joint target |
| Control modes | autonomous | leader-arm teleoperation, learned policy |
| Target applications | goods-to-person, person-to-goods, packout, kitting, machine tending | imitation learning, VLA evaluation, robotics education |
13 comparable fields · 13 material differences · Interactive comparison only; editorial indexing gate not met
Apollo 2 positioning
Primary useIndustrial manipulation and logistics
AvailabilitySelect customers
Starting priceContact sales
Canonical IDapptronik/apollo-2
SO-101 positioning
Primary useRobotics research, data collection, and policy evaluation
AvailabilityOpen build
Starting priceBill-of-materials cost varies
Canonical IDlerobot/so-101
Primary evidence
Manufacturer sources and freshness
Apptronik Apollo 2Apptronik · observed Aug 28, 2026SO-101 assembly and hardware documentationHugging Face LeRobot · observed Aug 28, 2026
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