Robot model
Tesla Optimus
Tesla Optimus (Tesla Bot) is a general-purpose humanoid robot developed by Tesla, announced as a concept at AI Day in August 2021 and shown as working…
- Manufacturer
- Tesla
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- tesla.com ↗
Overview
Tesla Optimus (Tesla Bot) is a general-purpose humanoid robot developed by Tesla, announced as a concept at AI Day in August 2021 and shown as working prototypes at AI Day in September 2022. The second generation, Optimus Gen 2 (December 2023), demonstrated Tesla-designed actuators and sensors, roughly 30 percent faster walking, a weight reduction of about 10 kg, 11-degree-of-freedom hands with fingertip tactile sensing, and a 2-degree-of-freedom actuated neck. Optimus shares its perception and compute approach with Tesla's Full Self-Driving stack. Tesla positions Optimus for factory and general-purpose labor and projects a long-run price near $20,000 to $30,000 at scale, but those figures and timelines are company projections rather than realized outcomes. At the We Robot event in October 2024, Optimus units that appeared to converse and serve drinks were reported by Bloomberg and TechCrunch to be human-teleoperated rather than autonomous. Tesla has claimed internal factory testing of Optimus, but on the Q4 2025 earnings call (January 2026) Elon Musk acknowledged the robots are not in material use in Tesla factories and remain in the research-and-development phase. As of mid-2026 there is no verified external commercial sale, and the production-design V3 reveal has slipped repeatedly. Optimus is therefore recorded at research maturity: its factory presence is maker-facility R&D, not a verified commercial deployment.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Sources on file
- 17 sources, view all
Key facts
Height
approx 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight
approx 57 to 73 kg depending on generation
DOF
approx 28 body DOF plus 11 per hand (Gen 2)
Price
roughly $20,000 to $30,000 at scale
Battery
2.3 kWh, 52 V (Gen 1 published spec)
Specs
Dof
28 body DOF plus 11 per hand (Gen 2)
Hands
11-DOF cable-driven hands with fingertip tactile sensing (Gen 2)
Height
approx 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight
approx 57 to 73 kg depending on generation; Gen 2 reduced about 10 kg vs Gen 1
Battery
2.3 kWh, 52 V (Gen 1 published spec)
Compute
Tesla FSD computer; neural networks trained on Tesla's AI infrastructure; perception/compute approach shared with Tesla Full Self-Driving
Actuators
6 Tesla-designed actuator types (3 rotary harmonic-drive, 3 linear roller-screw)
Ai system
Tesla FSD computer; neural networks trained on Tesla's AI infrastructure; perception/compute approach shared with Tesla Full Self-Driving
Height cm
173
Weight kg
57 to 73
Form Factor
humanoid (general-purpose bipedal)
Battery kwh
2.3
Degrees Of Freedom
approx 28 body DOF plus 11 per hand (Gen 2); a 22-DOF hand is claimed for the V3 production design
Data & sources
Company filings
1
Press releases
1
News coverage
6
Web sources
9
17 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Announced, no date
- Price
- $20K to $30K (manufacturer target)as of 2024-10-10
- Units in field
- 1000 claimedvendor claim, unverified
- Sales model
- Not for sale
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Autonomy: verified vs claimed
- What it actually does
- Mixed
- What the maker claims
- “Yes — the laundry folding demo was confirmed by Tesla as autonomous, not teleoperated. Optimus folded a black t-shirt using single-arm manipulation”
- Flagship demo
- staged footage · speed altered (unclear) · independently corroborated: partial
Accountability: Tesla has a Claim Integrity of 0% (0 of 4 public claims verified). See the industry ledger.
Pricing
One-time purchase
$20,000 - $30,000 USDmanufacturer targetas of 2024-10-10
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Deployments (2)
Tesla is targeting production of 10 million Optimus humanoid robot units at a new Texas plant, according to The Robot Report.
Recent activity
- CreatedMay 25, 2026
Deployment-verified media (6)
Tesla Optimus walking and navigating around obstacles on a Tesla factory floor. Tesla describes the navigation as performed autonomously.
From deployment: Fremont
Tesla's official Optimus Gen 2 unveiling video. Demonstrated autonomy level not explicitly disclosed by Tesla; tagged claimed-only.
From deployment: Fremont
Runs on (2)
- Tesla FSD-Botfoundation-model · pilot
- Grok (xAI)foundation-model · pilot
Safety record
No incidents on record for Tesla Optimus.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (17)
- Tesla: Optimus · https://www.tesla.com/we-robot · 2026-01-01
- Optimus (robot): Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_(robot) · 2026-01-01
- Musk: zero Optimus doing useful work (Jan 2026); Fremont line conversion · https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-optimus-production-fremont-model-sx-line/ · 2026-04-22
- https://spectrum.ieee.org/tesla-optimus-robot
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/30/business/tesla-bot-robot
- https://insideevs.com/news/613692/tesla-humanoid-robot-ai-day-2022/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpraXaw7dyc
- https://electrek.co/2023/12/12/tesla-unveils-optimus-gen-2-next-generation-humanoid-robot/
- https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics-experts-tesla-bot-optimus
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/000110465925101876/tm252289d41_defa14a.htm
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-14/tesla-s-optimus-robots-were-remotely-operated-at-cybercab-event
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/14/tesla-optimus-bots-were-controlled-by-humans-during-the-we-robot-event/
- https://fortune.com/2024/10/13/elon-musk-tesla-optimus-robot-tele-operated-robotaxi/
- https://electrek.co/2026/01/28/musk-admits-no-optimus-robots-are-doing-useful-work-at-tesla-after-claiming-otherwise/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/23/teslas-optimus-hit-by-chinas-rare-earth-restrictions-says-musk.html
- https://fortune.com/2025/06/09/milan-kovac-tesla-optimus/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/06/tesla-optimus-robotics-vp-is-leaving-the-company.html
Compare Tesla Optimus
Common questions
- What is Tesla Optimus?
- Tesla Optimus (Tesla Bot) is a general-purpose humanoid robot developed by Tesla, announced as a concept at AI Day in August 2021 and shown as working prototypes at AI Day in September 2022. The second generation, Optimus Gen 2 (December 2023), demonstrated Tesla-designed actuators and sensors, roughly 30 percent faster walking, a weight reduction of about 10 kg, 11-degree-of-freedom hands with fingertip tactile sensing, and a 2-degree-of-freedom actuated neck. Optimus shares its perception and compute approach with Tesla's Full Self-Driving stack. Tesla positions Optimus for factory and general-purpose labor and projects a long-run price near $20,000 to $30,000 at scale, but those figures and timelines are company projections rather than realized outcomes. At the We Robot event in October 2024, Optimus units that appeared to converse and serve drinks were reported by Bloomberg and TechCrunch to be human-teleoperated rather than autonomous. Tesla has claimed internal factory testing of Optimus, but on the Q4 2025 earnings call (January 2026) Elon Musk acknowledged the robots are not in material use in Tesla factories and remain in the research-and-development phase. As of mid-2026 there is no verified external commercial sale, and the production-design V3 reveal has slipped repeatedly. Optimus is therefore recorded at research maturity: its factory presence is maker-facility R&D, not a verified commercial deployment.
- How much does Tesla Optimus cost?
- Tesla Optimus is listed at $20,000 to $30,000 on the DEPLOY registry. This is a manufacturer target price, not a confirmed consumer price.
- Is Tesla Optimus actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Tesla Optimus is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Tesla Optimus?
- Tesla Optimus is made by Tesla, based in Austin, Texas, USA, founded in 2003.
- Where is Tesla Optimus deployed?
- 2 verified deployments of Tesla Optimus are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Austin, Fremont.
- What AI powers Tesla Optimus?
- Tesla Optimus runs Tesla FSD-Bot and Grok (xAI). Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.
- What are alternatives to Tesla Optimus?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable humanoid robots to Tesla Optimus include Digit, Walker S2, Apollo, Unitree H2 Plus.
- How does Tesla Optimus compare to Digit?
- Tesla Optimus and Digit (Agility Robotics · 8 deployments) are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. Tesla Optimus has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Tesla Optimus a top humanoid?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Tesla Optimus ranks in roughly the top 13% of humanoid models tracked by the registry.
- What is Tesla Optimus's maturity stage?
- Tesla Optimus is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
- Is Tesla Optimus safe?
- Tesla Optimus has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 17 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Active watch · monthly
Last reviewed 2026-07-09
production-ramp-claims-vs-verified-deployments
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 8
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 3
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 3
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- primary-sec-filing
- SEC filing
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Tesla Optimus.Recent coverage
Tesla Optimus in third-party press
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Tesla Optimus from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/tesla-optimus.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/0ad1b6f8-1b4a-43d9-9838-98f3279a49ac
- Revision history: /models/tesla-optimus/history
- Data documentation: /data
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DEPLOY Intelligence Score
54.5/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 9, 2026
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