In a rundown of what the company has achieved since 2018, Tesla said it had deployed two Optimus bots "performing tasks in the factory autonomously."

While Tesla struggles shake off allegations of remote operation for its robots, CATL is putting its new "Moz" humanoid robots to work.

Trump praised Musk during comments to reporters aboard Air Force One, calling him "great" and "well-meaning," while describing the Tesla CEO as "80% supergenius and 20% he makes mistakes." Musk reciprocated on X, noting he "had a lovely dinner last night with @POTUS and @FLOTUS" and declaring "2026 is going to be amazing!"

He said these bots could wipe out poverty and kill off the need to work. And if it all goes according to plan, this so-called Optimus robot would become

With the age of humanoids upon us, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that his robots will curb crime, eliminate poverty and do surgery.

Agibot just released a robot dog, a factory-worker humanoid robot on wheels, a "white-collar" humanoid robot for reception-like duties, and a playful dancing robot.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang believes Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot could unlock a multi-trillion-dollar market by transforming industries through AI-driven automat

Hyundai's subsidiary Boston Dynamics introduced its humanoid robot, "Atlas," at CES 2026. The company says Atlas will be trained to work in its auto plants, adopting the same strategy that Tesla is using to validate its "Optimus" humanoid.