Tesla Optimus@Tesla_OptimusOfficialRest in peace, Peter Cullen – voice of Optimus Prime, Optimus’ namesake
‘Till all are one
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Status
What Tesla has said about Optimus, what it has shown, and what is only reported. If a number has no source we leave it out.
Said, then shipped
Counters update every day you visit.
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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.
Published figures
Tesla has not published a full spec sheet for any production Optimus. These are the figures it, or Musk, has stated.
No official photo of the 2021 concept exists: it was presented by a performer in a suit.
Tesla Bot concept, 2021
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | The Register, 20 Aug 2021 |
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| Mass | 125 lb (57 kg) | The Register, 20 Aug 2021 |
| Carry | 45 lb (20 kg) | NBC News, 20 Aug 2021 |
| Deadlift | 150 lb (68 kg) | NBC News, 20 Aug 2021 |
| Top speed | 5 mph (8 km/h) | NBC News, 20 Aug 2021 |
Optimus Gen 2, 2023
| Hands | 11 degrees of freedom, tactile sensing on all fingers | Ars Technica, 13 Dec 2023 |
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| Neck | 2-DoF actuated | Ars Technica, 13 Dec 2023 |
| Mass change | 10 kg lighter than Gen 1 | Optimus Gen 2 (Tesla, YouTube) |
| Walking speed | 30% faster than Gen 1 | Ars Technica, 13 Dec 2023 |
Production programme, 2026
| Robot mass mentioned by Musk | About 70 kg | Q2 2026 call transcript (Motley Fool) |
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| Unique parts | About 10,000 | Electrek, 22 Apr 2026 |
| Fremont long-term goal | 1 million robots a year | CNBC, 28 Jan 2026 |
| Second factory | Giga Texas, production around summer 2027 | Electrek, 22 Apr 2026 |
| First builds go to | Internal Optimus Academy, for training data | Tesla Q2 2026 Update (PDF) |
Milestones
Each one dated by the event or the report that described it.
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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.
From the official accounts
Posts from @Tesla_Optimus, @Tesla and @elonmusk about Optimus, newest first. 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!
Tesla Optimus@Tesla_OptimusOfficialApply here
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Tesla Optimus@Tesla_OptimusOfficialBack to work
See you at Tesla Diner tomorrow
Tesla Optimus@Tesla_OptimusOfficialJoin the Optimus team to do the most impactful work of your life!
Elon Musk@elonmuskOfficialOptimus
Tesla Optimus@Tesla_OptimusOfficialOptimus will be the biggest product ever made.
A general-purpose humanoid robot that can do useful work at scale will change the economics of labor & manufacturing.
Goal is to get Optimus to high-volume production as fast as possible.
If you’re great at AI, engineering, or
Elon Musk@elonmuskOfficialOptimus+PV will be the first Von Neumann probe, a machine fully capable of replicating itself using raw materials found in space
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