Hardware · Updated 22 Oct, 09:26 pm IST
Tesla delays Optimus deliveries to late 2027, cites hand and reliability issues
Why it matters for readers: It explains why making a humanoid robot is still difficult: the hands, durability and AI control are major unsolved problems.
- Musk said Tesla now expects to start delivering Optimus to outside customers around the end of 2027.1
- Tesla has begun early production of Optimus in its Fremont factory and most of a line designed for a million robots a year is installed.1
- Tesla warned it will take at least a year, possibly longer, to reach a planned rate of about 20,000 units a week because parts of the design are still changing.1
- Musk and Tesla engineers identified the robot hands, electromechanical design and reliability (including wear over time) as the main problems holding back wider deliveries.1
- Tesla said it expects to deliver Optimus for industrial roles that are dangerous, repetitive or need continuous operation once the issues are solved.1
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