Deft's robots have helped build ~20,000 Teslas at 700 parts/day with 100% uptime
micoolcho · x · 2026-10-27
Deft Robo founder Shin Hanelee announced that the company's robots, deployed at a Tier 1 supplier, have helped build roughly 20,000 Tesla Model 3/Y vehicles — parts of recently bought Teslas were likely handled by them.
Key numbers:
- 700 parts/day, running 24 hours a day with 100% uptime
- Production-deployed on robot foundation models plus Deft's own deployment infrastructure
- Next step: scaling to triple-digit robot fleets
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