Tesla's Optimus Hits Snags in Hands, Suppliers as Scale-Up Begins
vidulous · hn · 2026-09-26
According to The Information (paywalled), Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program is running into problems just as scale-up production begins: the dexterous hands remain a technical bottleneck and supplier issues are complicating the ramp, suggesting the mass-production timeline may slip.
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