Optimus · Tesla's humanoid robot
Optimus.
Optimus is Tesla's general-purpose humanoid robot. In Tesla's own words: “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.”
In its Q3 2026 update (Oct 21), Tesla says: “Started production of @Tesla_Optimus on our high-volume lines in Fremont. These are the first production-quality bots we've built…”
Timeline
Timeline (2026)
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Q4 update: “fine-tuned our production-primed Optimus design”. Plan: unveil Optimus Gen 3 in Q1, “our first design meant for mass production”. Start of production planned by end of 2026, with eventual planned capacity of 1 million robots a year.
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Tesla posts “Digital Optimus”.
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TERAFAB announced with SpaceX and xAI; Tesla cites “100-200GW of chips for Optimus alone”.
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“Optimus will be the biggest product ever made.” Hiring call, with a video.
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Q1 update: the first large-scale Optimus factory “will begin shortly in Q2”. The first-gen line, “designed for 1M robots/year”, will replace the Model S/X lines in Fremont. A second-gen line is being prepared at Giga Texas (“long-term annual capacity of 10M robots/year”).
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Image: Tesla · @Tesla_Optimus on X, Apr 22, 2025 (opens in a new tab) Q2 update: “Construction of Optimus at Fremont Factory began after decommissioning the Model S & X lines”. First-generation lines being installed. Initial builds go to the “Optimus Academy” for training-data collection.
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Next-gen Roadster reveal: Tesla says the rear wing uses Optimus actuators, and Tesla VP Lars Moravy told Hagerty “These are actually leg actuators from Optimus.”
Loads content and cookies from X. Open on X (opens in a new tab)Video: Tesla · Official · @Tesla on X · October 15, 2026
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Q3 update: “Started production of @Tesla_Optimus on our high-volume lines in Fremont”.
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Not verified
Whether the Optimus Gen 3 unveil planned for Q1 2026 actually happened: no Tesla post or update we opened confirms it, so it isn't stated here.
Figures
By the numbers.
Confirmed = official or primary source. Reported = independent leaderboard or credible outlet, not confirmed by the company.
- 1M/yr Robots per year: design capacity of the first-gen Fremont line.
- 10M/yr Robots per year: “long-term annual capacity” of the Giga Texas second-gen line.
- 100–200 GW Chips Tesla says it needs “for Optimus alone”.
- 400 MW Training compute Tesla says it is “on track for… by year end, feeding both vehicle & humanoid autonomy”.
Production volumes and unit counts: not published in any source we opened, so none are shown or estimated.
Official media
From the source.
Photos
Swipe for more. All photos from Tesla's official Optimus account on X.
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Image: @Tesla_Optimus · “I’ve been working on my figure”, Sep 6, 2025 (opens in a new tab) -
Image: @Tesla_Optimus · “Back to work. See you at Tesla Diner tomorrow”, Mar 30, 2026 (opens in a new tab) -
Image: @Tesla_Optimus · “50k Tesla burgers, coming right up”, Oct 2, 2025 (opens in a new tab) -
Image: @Tesla_Optimus · “Vote your Tesla shares”, Oct 30, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Videos
Official posts. Nothing loads from X until you tap.
Tesla's Mar 25, 2026 Optimus hiring post, with a video (about 2 min).
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Tesla's reply post with a video (about 20 s) of the pilot line.
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