Optimus
Tesla's general-purpose bipedal humanoid robot
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Optimus is Tesla's general-purpose, bipedal, autonomous humanoid robot, designed to perform tasks that are unsafe, repetitive, or boring. Tesla develops it on the same AI foundation used for its vehicle autonomy work, building software stacks for balance, navigation, perception, and physical interaction. As of Tesla's most recent disclosures the program remains pre-production, with manufacturing facilities under construction ahead of planned mass production.
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Overview
Optimus is Tesla's general-purpose, bipedal, autonomous humanoid robot. Tesla's stated goal for the program is a machine capable of performing tasks that are unsafe, repetitive, or boring, freeing people from work they would rather not do. The robot is developed on the same artificial-intelligence approach Tesla uses for vehicle autonomy, emphasizing vision-based perception and planning.
Reaching that goal requires Tesla to build the software stacks that let the robot balance, navigate, perceive its surroundings, and interact with the physical world. The company treats Optimus as a system-level engineering problem, identifying the limiting factors and developing bespoke, scalable solutions in the same way it approached electric vehicles and energy storage.
As of Tesla's most recent disclosures, the Optimus program is pre-production. Tesla describes a production-primed design intended for mass manufacturing and reports that its Optimus factories are still under construction, with large-scale production preparations only just beginning. No units are described as being sold or performing commercial work.
Key Features
- General-purpose, bipedal, autonomous humanoid form factor intended for everyday physical tasks
- Built on Tesla's vision-and-planning AI approach shared with its vehicle autonomy work
- Designed for balance, navigation, perception, and interaction with the physical world
- A production-primed design intended for large-scale, mass manufacturing
- Targeted at unsafe, repetitive, or boring tasks rather than a single fixed job
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Deployment Evidence
Tesla Optimus — Official Page
Tesla Optimus (Gen 2/3) is in development for internal Tesla factory use; Elon Musk targets $20-30k consumer price with broad availability starting ~2027, pending regulatory approval.
Deployment Readiness
Integration & SDK
- ROS Support
- Not confirmed
- SDK Available
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- API Docs
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- Supported Platforms
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Support & Service
Regions
—Support details not available
Specifications
Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 28 |
| Locomotion | Bipedal |
Performance
| Max Speed | 2.2 m/s |
| Payload Capacity | 20 kg |
Physical
| Weight | 73 kg |
| Height | 1730 mm |
Sensing
| Sensors | Cameras, force/torque sensors |
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