Tesla Optimus Gen 2
Tesla Inc.General-purpose bipedal humanoid designed for factory automation and future home assistance
About Tesla Optimus Gen 2
Tesla Optimus Gen 2 represents Tesla's second-generation humanoid platform, standing 173 cm tall and weighing 57 kg. Built leveraging Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology and AI capabilities, Optimus features 40 degrees of freedom with 11 DoF per hand for dexterous manipulation. The robot runs on a 2.3 kWh battery enabling full-day operation. Key improvements over Gen 1 include faster walking speeds, improved hand dexterity demonstrated through tasks like folding laundry and sorting objects, and enhanced AI-driven perception. Tesla has demonstrated Optimus performing factory tasks and aims for mass production deployment in its own facilities before external sales.
PROS
- + Targeted mass-production cost of $20K-$30K is highly disruptive
- + highly dexterous 11-DoF hands with tactile sensing
- + leverages proven Tesla FSD AI for advanced perception and control
- + 30% faster walking speed and significant weight reduction over Gen 1.
CONS
- - Not commercially available to external customers yet
- - complex jobs in unstructured environments still present technical challenges
- - performance may not yet exceed specialized industrial robots in structured settings.
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Quick Specs
- Type
- Humanoid
- Market
- Industrial
- Availability
- In Development
- Price Range
- Prosumer ($10K - $50K)
