Tesla Workers Balk at Training Optimus Humanoid Robots as Replacements
- Tesla currently produces several hundred Optimus robots a week at Fremont, roughly 10 times its Q2 output, though most units remain confined to internal testing and supervised areas.
- To facilitate this scaling, Tesla repurposed its Model S and Model X production lines earlier this year, converting the Fremont facility to focus entirely on Optimus manufacturing.
- According to The Information, three people familiar with the system said Optimus AI cannot yet reliably handle a wide range of tasks, behaving unpredictably in situations lacking specific training.
- Managers aim for more than 1,000 robots a week by year-end, with an eventual target of about 20,000 weekly; Tesla plans to lease units to select companies rather than selling them.
- Chinese competitor XPeng started running an automated IRON humanoid production line in Guangzhou this month, targeting commercial sales in 2027 as global rivals accelerate humanoid development.
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The production of Optimus remains well below the weekly target Tesla seeks to achieve, while workers still assemble tiny components of the robot's hands and forearms by hand, according to reports. *** The Verge, citing a report from The Information, indicated that Tesla manufactured several hundred Optimus per week during the previous month, away from the target of 20,000. According to The Information, the hands and forearms of the V3 version br…
Tesla’s Optimus Hits Manufacturing Snags in Hands and Supply Chain as Scale-Up Begins
Tesla has increased production of its Optimus humanoid robot roughly tenfold in recent months, expanding output from a few dozen per week to several hundred. Assembly lines are struggling with the robot’s intricate hands, which require highly complex actuators and wiring that complicate high-speed automated manufacturing. Production is encountering friction due to unreliability in the […]
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