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Optimus

A general-purpose humanoid in development, aimed at repetitive or hazardous tasks in factories and beyond.

Maker
Tesla
Country
United States
Category
Humanoid
Status
In development
Mobility
Bipedal walking; dexterous hands
Autonomy
In development; demos range from teleoperated to autonomous
Actuators
Electric actuators with multi-fingered hands
Onboard compute
Onboard compute leveraging Tesla's autonomy stack
AI models
Vision-based end-to-end and learned manipulation policies
Perception
Camera-centric perception inherited from Tesla's autonomy work
Control
Learned and model-based control under active development

Sensors

Cameras (vision-centric)IMUJoint/torque sensing

Use cases

  • Repetitive factory tasks (targeted)
  • Material handling (targeted)

Limitations

  • Still in development; capability claims are forward-looking
  • Real-world autonomy and reliability not yet proven at scale

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