Tesla’s Optimus robot is going through growing pains

<figure> <img alt="One of Tesla’s Optimus robots set over a green background." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/258187_Are_humanoid_robots_just_hype_or_are_they_coming__CVirginia-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hitting its goal of making 20,000 Optimus robots per week is reportedly proving tricky for Tesla. <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/teslas-optimus-hits-snags-hands-suppliers-scale-up-begins"><em>The Information</em></a> reports that Tesla produced "several hundred robots a week" last month, after it <a href="https://www.theverge.com/transportation/869872/tesla-model-s-model-x-discontinue-optimus-robot-factory">repurposed its Model S and Model X production lines</a> for Optimus earlier this year. However, this strategy is reportedly creating manufacturing snags, like issues lining up parts precisely, as <em>The Information</em> notes: "Not only are the Optimus production lines new, but the Optimus parts are much smaller and have to fit together far more precisely than car parts." </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It reports that even in the "V3" Optimus robots it's currently producing, the hands and f …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1000794/tesla-optimus-production-issues-hands">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>