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Tesla is a robotics company founded 2003, based in United States, developing 2 robots primarily in the Humanoid category.
Electric vehicles, energy storage, and AI robotics
Tesla, Inc. develops the Optimus humanoid robot alongside electric vehicles, battery storage, and AI/software systems. Tesla positions Optimus as a general-purpose bi-pedal autonomous humanoid robot designed for unsafe, repetitive, or boring tasks, with internal factory use as a key early deployment path in the U.S.
Active products
2
Maker Score
62
Strong evidence
View factor breakdown
Price range
$30K
2 of 2 priced
Top-rated product
57.6
RoboScore
Tesla Optimus Gen 2
Company facts
- HQ
- Austin, United States
- Founded
- 2003 · 23 yrs
- Employees
- 140,000+
- Stage
- Public company
- Website
- www.tesla.com
- View profile ↗
Maker Score
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Trusted by
- Tesla, Inc. (internal use)deployed 2025builtin.com ↗
- Tesla Fremont Factorydeployed 2026blog.robozaps.com ↗
- Tesla Austin Factorydeployed 2026blog.robozaps.com ↗
Milestones
Tesla said Optimus would enter low production for internal use, with higher production for other companies targeted for 2026.
Tesla unveiled Optimus as a general-purpose humanoid robot prototype.
Press coverage
- AI & Robotics | Tesla
Tesla
- Optimus (robot) - Wikipedia
Wikipedia
In the news
8 events · last 90 days
39.7momentumTesla leads China’s largest-ever vehicle recall, with nearly 3 million cars affected
In the news
8 events · last 90 days
Why Tesla has been in the news, across 9 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Active products by Tesla
2 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Tesla Optimus Gen 2 | Humanoid | Height 1.73 m·Weight 57 kg | $30K | 2023 | 57.6 |
| 2 |  | Optimus Gen 3 | Humanoid | Height 1.73 m·Weight 62 kg | $30K | 2025 | 45.8 |
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