Tesla Wants to Build 20,000 Optimus Robots a Week. First It Has to Figure Out Hands
Tesla is starting to ramp up production of its Optimus humanoid robots, but the complex design of the robots’ hands are already giving the company a headache. The Information reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter, that Tesla produced several hundred Optimus robots a week last month, up from just a few dozen a week only a few months earlier. However, that’s still far below Tesla’s stated goal of producing around 20,000 robots a week.
- ▪Tesla is starting to ramp up production of its Optimus humanoid robots, but the complex design of the robots’ hands are already giving the company a headache.
- ▪The Information reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter, that Tesla produced several hundred Optimus robots a week last month, up from just a few dozen a week only a few months earlier.
- ▪However, that’s still far below Tesla’s stated goal of producing around 20,000 robots a week.
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Tesla is starting to ramp up production of its Optimus humanoid robots, but the complex design of the robots’ hands are already giving the company a headache. The Information reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter, that Tesla produced several hundred Optimus robots a week last month, up from just a few dozen a week only a few months earlier. However, that’s still far below Tesla’s stated goal of producing around 20,000 robots a week. Tesla CEO Elon Musk first announced plans for a humanoid robot in 2021, when the project was still called the Tesla Bot. The company then showed off its first working Optimus prototype the following year.
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