Humanoid robotics

Tesla — Optimus program

Optimus is Tesla’s humanoid robotics program, not a separate company. Tesla describes a general-purpose bipedal robot and an engineering effort spanning perception, balance, navigation and physical interaction.

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Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

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Identity boundary. Canonical organization is Tesla. Optimus is a program/product family, not a legal entity.

Identity boundary

The source places Tesla Optimus inside Tesla’s AI and robotics portfolio. This route preserves the manifest slug while representing the company program accurately.

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Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

What is being developed

Tesla describes software and hardware engineering needed for general-purpose humanoid autonomy. Its AI page also covers vehicle inference hardware and neural networks.

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Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Evidence boundary

The page frames Optimus capability as an engineering objective. It does not establish a particular production revision, customer deployment, purchase price or delivery commitment.

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Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Identity & commercial status

Organization
Tesla — Optimus program
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Sources 1
Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Headquarters
Not publicly disclosed
Founded
Not publicly disclosed
Company status
Not publicly disclosed
Category
Humanoid robotics
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Sources 1
Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Product status
Not publicly disclosed
Commercial availability
Not publicly disclosed

Funding & valuation

Funding events
Not publicly disclosed
Valuation
Not publicly disclosed

Partnerships & access

Partnerships
Not publicly disclosed
Access model
Not publicly disclosed

Additional disclosed fields

Developer
Tesla
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Sources 1
Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Robotics program
Optimus
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Sources 1
Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Intended form
Bipedal humanoid
Company claimReviewed
Sources 1
Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Stated target work
Unsafe, repetitive or tedious tasks
Company claimReviewed
Sources 1
Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Engineering scope
Perception, balance, navigation and physical interaction
Company claimReviewed
Sources 1
Tesla — Optimus program — official portfolio and company information

Tesla — Optimus program · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

What this evidence does not establish

  • Exact Optimus generation and current purchasing terms require a separate dated product source.
  • Vehicle-autonomy evidence does not establish humanoid capability.

Relationships & deployments

Related reading is an editorial crosslink. Sourced connections describe relationships reported in the cited material. A link to a versioned profile does not establish compatibility with that version unless the connection note explicitly identifies it.

Record history & verified changes

A research review records when we checked a source. It does not mark a product launch or a new deployment.

Initial reviewed record. No subsequent field change has been recorded.

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