Elon Musk on Optimus: "We've started early production. The growth of Optimus is an S curve, but the initial curve is a shallow slope. We have the vast majority of the 1 million unit/year line installed at Fremont. There's still some things we need to tweak about the design. There's still quite a lot of work to do with the AI in the robot. I would expect that the AI, the electromechanical design, reliability, usage life, expect these issues to be solved by the end of next year. I remain convinced Optimus will be the biggest product on Earth. I do want to temper expectations that we still have a lot to get through, it will take about a year to get through that."

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a million a year. someone at fremont is going to have to name them, and it gets weird around number forty.
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Getting their A.I. to work among people, who are very, very unpredictable, is no doubt much more problematic than first thought.
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I look forward to Optimus. Optimus with Grok, Tesla with FSD. Life is good...
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I know Optimus will be awesome. There are always growing pains, it’s normal! So many examples not just from your companies Elon but so many other areas. In my former industry we would order an electromechanical device costing between 8 & 25 million dollars 💵 and you would expect it to be perfect for that kind of money! In every case plus or minus the device would have 400 write-up’s requiring repair or software updates and it would take 3 to 4 years and sometimes more before the device was relatively clean of issues! Ongoing maintenance and software updates are just part of the process!!! For all you haters, get over yourselves! This is normal business in this industry!!! I applaud Elon and all who are making the new world come to life, it is very exciting!!!👏👏👏💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🤠🤠🤠😎😎😎👍👍👍
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Pease make the hands smooth and with good dexterity. I would like to get a massage from Optimus. 🙏❤️🤖
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When can I pre-order mine? As a 24x7, 365 caregiver here in SE Texas since Aug 2024, I could really use the help.
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OK, I just need one to mow the grass, wash the car, and probably power wash the windows.
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Robotaxis > Optimus for quite some time IMO.
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Holy Shit "We have the vast majority of the 1 million unit/year line installed at Fremont"
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That’s great!! I made a video out of you photo
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He’s trying to keep the stock price down so they can merge
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I love this guy.
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Literally building Iron Man with @Grok @bot inside his brain.
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I hope that the overseas market is included when they start selling them.
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Sandbag TSLA so SPCX can buy on the cheap :)
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A million robots a year. I'd take one that shows up at 7 and cleans the floor drain.
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This photograph of Optimus is beautiful. 🖤
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Since the population around the world decline big time… so the Optimus will help to solve the issue of short of labor…
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Guess we don’t get to see shit for another year… 7 months ago Optimus was walking around just needing some polish
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Can't wait for the tactile skin for @Optimus_RH 's hands. He will need it for when he goes fishing with me in my retirement years. I am Alaskan. Fishing is required. Ooh maybe some sonar and polarized viewing and whatnot for fishing. :D
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I wonder what ratio of tasks in the factory an optimus bot can handle. Physical RSI is what is going to be the supernuts thing, I can't even fathom what that looks like
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Optimus will build Optimus Prime – Elon Musk
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He said AI and not SI! Trump will be furious 😂😂😂😂
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What will Optimus cost ?
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a million optimus a year. laundry is cooked
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One day i will have a home defense ninja bot. Can’t be a soldier forever since I’m getting old. Even then I’m not bulletproof.
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Worth tracking: Elon says most of the 1M/year Optimus line is already installed at Fremont, and a V3 video of tasks that aren't pre-programmed could come in a month or two. Unscripted beats polished. Fremont百萬台產線大多已裝好,V3非預編程示範影片可能一兩個月內發布。
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Can you guys create a farm life accessory package so that it will be able to handle rural-living type tasks, and hold up well? Stuff to make it more durable and resilient?
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Why are Tesla shareholders ok then with Optimus’s brain being built out by another company and when XAi could have been bought by Tesla.
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In other words, "please $TSLA drop so I can buy you for cheap".
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I am 63 and I need an optimus so bad. I live alone. It would be so much help.
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But they still have reliability issues with optimus which he "expects to be solved by the end of next year". wow. does not sound convincing to my ears. That's like "i don't know yet".
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Why is the conference call such a downer compared to $SPCX?? We have the technology.
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I have a feeling it’s gonna take longer than “by the end of next year”.
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