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What a humanoid can really do in your kitchen today

Robots have loaded dishwashers, worked an air fryer and flipped pancakes on video; cooking a meal and cleaning up have not been shown.

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Optimus

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NEO

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1.68 m
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30 kg
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25 kg
Runtime
4 h
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Figure 03

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1.73 m
Weight
61 kg
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20 kg
Runtime
5 h
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G1

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1.32 m
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35 kg
Payload
2 kg
Runtime
2 h
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  1. Tesla1 kept · 1 slipped · 1 broken · 2 open
  2. 29 Jan 2025said Elon Muskdue 31 Dec 2025

    Tesla would build several thousand Optimus robots in 2025 (internal plan: about 10,000), and they would be doing useful work by year end

    Broken

    On the Q4 2025 call (2026-01-28) Musk said Optimus was 'still in the R&D phase' and 'not in usage in our factories in a material way.' No evidence that several thousand units were built or working in 2025. Source

  3. 22 Jan 2026said Elon Muskdue 31 Dec 2027

    Tesla will be selling Optimus humanoid robots to the public by the end of 2027

    Open

    Said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Musk said sales would wait until reliability, safety and range of functions were 'very high.' No public price or order page yet. Source

  4. 28 Jan 2026said Tesla (Q4 2025 shareholder update)due 31 Mar 2026

    Tesla would unveil Optimus Gen 3, its first design meant for mass production, in Q1 2026

    Slipped

    Q1 ended with no reveal; Musk said Optimus 3 needed 'finishing touches.' On 2026-04-22 he moved it to 'probably middle of this year.' As of 2026-09-25 the reveal still had not happened. Source

  5. 28 Jan 2026said Tesla (Q4 2025 shareholder update)due 31 Dec 2026

    Start of production on the first Optimus production line before the end of 2026, heading to an eventual 1 million robots a year

    Open

    Reports in September 2026 describe output rising to several hundred units a week on the converted Fremont line, but Gen 3 has not been shown publicly and the 1 million a year capacity is far off. Source

  6. 22 Apr 2026said Elon Muskdue 31 Aug 2026

    Optimus production would start on the former Model S/X line at Fremont in late July or August 2026, slowly at first

    Kept

    Electrek (2026-09-25) reports Optimus output on the converted Model S/X line went from a few dozen a week in Q2 to several hundred a week in August. Most units stay inside Tesla for testing and data collection, and it is not clear which hardware generation is being built. Source

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