Tesla Optimus@Tesla_OptimusOfficialRest in peace, Peter Cullen – voice of Optimus Prime, Optimus’ namesake
‘Till all are one
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Optimus,tracked.
Every update, claim and video on Tesla's humanoid robot, gathered every 15 minutes and linked to its source. Plus the rivals racing it.
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Up close
The robot as Tesla shows it: the hands it calls the hardest part, the lab where units run, and the counters where they already work.
The live feed
News, posts and official video about Optimus, newest first. Rumours carry an Unconfirmed label. Loading the latest…
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Said, then shipped
Tesla's own targets for Optimus next to what has happened since, each side sourced. Full status page
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Jan 2025, Tesla said
Roughly 10,000 Optimus built in 2025, several thousand doing useful work
Missed
In January 2026 Musk said none were yet doing useful work in Tesla factories.
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Reported
Tesla said lines were being installed in July. Output of several hundred a week in August is reported, not confirmed.
Five years of steps
From a dancer in a suit to a factory line in Fremont. Every date links to the event or the report; pictures are Tesla's own.
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2021
Tesla Bot announced
At AI Day, Tesla showed a concept humanoid, presented on stage by a performer in a suit, and said a prototype was planned for the following year.
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2022
First prototypes on stage
At AI Day 2022 a development prototype walked on stage untethered and waved; a sleeker Optimus prototype was shown but did not walk.
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2023
Image: Tesla. Tesla Bot Update, Tesla on YouTube Walking and handling in the lab
Tesla published a lab update showing several units walking, plus object handling and torque-controlled actuators.
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Image: Tesla. Sort & Stretch, Tesla on YouTube Sort and stretch
A video showed a unit sorting coloured blocks with a neural network trained end to end, then holding yoga poses.
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Image: Tesla. Optimus - Gen 2, Tesla on YouTube Optimus Gen 2
Gen 2 arrived with Tesla-designed actuators, new 11-DoF hands with tactile sensing on every finger, an actuated neck, 10 kg less mass and 30% faster walking.
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2024
We, Robot
Optimus units mingled with guests and served drinks at the Cybercab event. Several outlets later reported the interactions were human-assisted.
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Image: Tesla. Tesla on YouTube New hand catches a ball
Tesla posted the next-generation hand catching a tossed ball, shown under teleoperation.
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2025
A million bots, in the pay plan
Shareholders approved a CEO award with an operational milestone of one million cumulative bot deliveries.
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2026
Image: Tesla. @Tesla_Optimus on X, 28 Jan 2026 Fremont gives up Model S and X
Tesla said S and X production would wind down so the Fremont space could become an Optimus factory, with a long-term goal of a million robots a year.
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Production date set, reveal slips
On the Q1 call Musk put Fremont production at late July or August, warned output would be slow, and moved the Gen 3 reveal to around mid-year.
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Lines going in
Tesla said the S and X lines were decommissioned and first-generation Optimus lines were being installed; first builds go to an internal Optimus Academy.
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Hundreds a week, reportedly
· Unconfirmed
A paywalled report said output reached several hundred a week in August, with hands still the bottleneck. Tesla has not confirmed the figure.
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Hands, magnets and a slow ramp
At X Takeover, Musk said magnet export curbs cost the programme two to three months and that the hands remain the hardest part.
Watch it move
Official uploads, played from YouTube. Drag or scroll sideways. All videos
Straight from X
The newest posts from Tesla’s own accounts, pulled from X and shown here with their photos and video. Every card links to the original. Posts snapshot from 18 Oct 2026.
Tesla Optimus@Tesla_OptimusOfficial
Elon Musk@elonmuskOfficialOne day, Optimus + Grok will provide incredible medical care to all the people of Earth
Elon Musk@elonmuskOfficialAI+Optimus will enable universal excellent healthcare that is better than anyone receives today x.com/peterdiamandis…
Elon Musk@elonmuskOfficialWalking the Optimus production line in Fremont
Tesla Optimus@Tesla_OptimusOfficialReturning to work at Tesla Diner this Thursday
Tesla Optimus@Tesla_OptimusOfficialAutobots, assemble!
The rivals
Nine other humanoids with real programmes. Point at one for its newest video; tap for its page.