Musk: only 5-6 Optimus robots have been produced so far

CTOnews.com July 21, Elon Musk announced the Optimus robot at the AI Day event held in August 2021. After a lapse of nearly two years, how many Optimus has Tesla produced? Musk officially responded that only 5-6 have been produced so far.

In Tesla's earnings call for the second quarter of 2023 yesterday, a retail investor asked to know the latest developments in Optimus and asked the company to disclose production information.

Musk responded as follows: "I think there are only 5-6 robots at present, although the number is a little small, but it will increase every month in the future. And there are so many interesting things about Optimus robots."

Optimus is an intelligent robot released by Tesla last year, which is designed to perform dangerous or boring tasks for humans, such as carrying heavy objects and shopping groceries. Optimus is 1.8m tall, weighs 57kg and has a top speed of 8km / h. It is equipped with neural network and computer vision technology independently developed by Tesla.