Tesla shares Optimus' improved walk in new update video
04/02/2025 11:53 AM
During Tesla's Q1 2025 All-Hands meeting, CEO Elon Musk stated that the company will attempt to produce its first "legion" of humanoid robots this 2025.
A recent video from Elon Musk suggests that work continues to be underway to refine the humanoid robot before it enters production.
A Better Walk
Tesla's new Optimus update video was shared on social media platform X by CEO Elon Musk, who described the video with the words, "Accurate actuators accelerate automation." The video featured an Optimus robot walking confidently, in a manner that is significantly more humanlike than its previous iterations.
A post from Tesla Vice President of Optimus (Tesla Bot) Milan Kovac shared more context about the new video. As per Kovac, the short clip demonstrates the humanoid robot's latest walk, with "straight knees, smoother heel-to-toe gait, and arms sway." Kovac also noted that the humanoid robot was "Entirely trained in simulation with RL."
Optimus' Quick Progress
Optimus was initially announced in 2021 during Tesla's AI Day event. At the time, Tesla only had a static model of the humanoid robot, as well as a literal man in a suit. Fast forward to today, and Optimus has already undergone several iterations. Several of its components have also been vastly improved, such as its hands, which is expected to feature 22 degrees of freedom when it enters production.
Tesla seems determined to start production of Optimus quickly. During the Q1 2025 All Hands meeting, CEO Elon Musk stated that the Fremont Factory had produced its first humanoid robot from its Optimus production line. Musk also noted that while Tesla is internally aiming for enough parts to produce 10,000 to 12,000 Optimus robots this year, the company could very well be capable of producing 5,000 units of the humanoid robot this 2025.
"So this year, we hopefully will be able to make about 5,000 Optimus robots. We're technically aiming for enough parts to make 10,000, maybe 12,000, but since it's a totally new product with a totally new, like everything is totally new, I'll say we're succeeding if we get to half go the 10,000. But even 5,000 robots, that's the size of a Roman legion, FYI," Musk stated.
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