Social Humanoid uses RGB-D video and 260 hours of retargeted interaction data to make a Unitree G1 respond to a human partner, but the result is not a household safety system.
Unitree founder Wang Xingxing set a 2028 capability target for humanoids; this is a future-facing company target and does not establish a customer availability or status change. Source
AGCO and Agility Robotics announced a planned Digit pilot at AGCO’s Hesston, Kansas facility beginning in 2027; no status change posted because the planned pilot does not establish shipping to this customer. Source
Tesla converted Fremont Model S/X lines for Optimus. A September report says output reached several hundred weekly units in August, but Tesla says initial builds support internal training-data collection and functionality development; no customer delivery is verified. Source
Product page lists from $1,495, ships in 2 weeks, US only Source
Beta page: invite-only, launching late 2026, general availability expected 2027-2028 Source
LeRobot docs cover the HopeJR arm, hand and teleop glove; record, replay and train are labeled 'still experimental' Source
Store lists $399 Lite / $499 Wireless with up to 90 days lead time Source
Reservation page lists €98,000 per unit and a €100 refundable deposit, with availability expected at the end of 2026 Source
Tesla would build several thousand Optimus robots in 2025 (internal plan: about 10,000), and they would be doing useful work by year end
BrokenOn the Q4 2025 call (2026-01-28) Musk said Optimus was 'still in the R&D phase' and 'not in usage in our factories in a material way.' No evidence that several thousand units were built or working in 2025. Source
Tesla will be selling Optimus humanoid robots to the public by the end of 2027
OpenSaid at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Musk said sales would wait until reliability, safety and range of functions were 'very high.' No public price or order page yet. Source
Tesla would unveil Optimus Gen 3, its first design meant for mass production, in Q1 2026
SlippedQ1 ended with no reveal; Musk said Optimus 3 needed 'finishing touches.' On 2026-04-22 he moved it to 'probably middle of this year.' As of 2026-09-25 the reveal still had not happened. Source
Start of production on the first Optimus production line before the end of 2026, heading to an eventual 1 million robots a year
OpenReports in September 2026 describe output rising to several hundred units a week on the converted Fremont line, but Gen 3 has not been shown publicly and the 1 million a year capacity is far off. Source
Optimus production would start on the former Model S/X line at Fremont in late July or August 2026, slowly at first
KeptElectrek (2026-09-25) reports Optimus output on the converted Model S/X line went from a few dozen a week in Q2 to several hundred a week in August. Most units stay inside Tesla for testing and data collection, and it is not clear which hardware generation is being built. Source
A new paper reports projectile-avoidance tests on a PM01 humanoid, but the system relies on motion-capture obstacle positions and does not establish safe autonomy in a home.
A new open-weights controller tracks many reference motions in simulation and some slow movements on a Booster K1, but its own authors report weak stepping and turning on hardware.
Researchers report that a Unitree G1 can follow generated references for walking, dancing and a 35-second fight-to-dance sequence, but the work does not test chores, home navigation or independent task planning.