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Tesla Optimus is an in-development general-purpose humanoid robot program intended to perform unsafe, repetitive, or boring physical tasks. Tesla is building software for balance, navigation, perception, interaction, locomotion, and manipulation while developing a mass-manufacturable body and hand. As of August 2026, Optimus is not commercially available. Tesla's Q2 2026 update says first-generation production lines are being installed in Fremont and Texas, with initial builds intended for the internal Optimus Academy to collect training data and develop functionality. Tesla has not published a customer price, order process, final commercial specification, warranty, support plan, or deployment terms.
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finally watched the gen 2 demo properly and yeah it is good
ok so I kept seeing this shared around and finally sat down and watched the whole thing at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpraXaw7dyc and the walking is way smoother than I expected. like it is not p...
spec breakdown video that actually uses numbers
most comparison videos are just vibes but this one at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MdqMYxGJKU gets into battery estimates, joint torque, target speed, cost per unit vs Figure 03. the manufacturing...
Gen 3 hardware looks like a completely different machine
not gonna lie I was expecting incremental but this early footage at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnIdYRwIGFQ is a bigger jump than I thought. the actuators look totally redesigned, movement is way ...
8mph is cool but does speed actually matter for real work
good video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3paQyb1ZI focused entirely on the new leg design, gait analysis, torque numbers, energy efficiency. the 8mph thing is impressive but the best part is ...
breakdown of the gen 3 announcement if you missed it
there is a lot of noise around this so I found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voo3m8eSMCk pretty handy, covers what Elon actually said about factory deployment timelines and what is realistic vs what...
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