The company plans to start using them in its facilities by the end of the year. Commercial sales planned for next year.

Elon Musk said that Optimus humanoid robots are currently working in Tesla’s laboratories, where they perform tasks appropriate to the company’s production needs. He also reiterated his confidence that sales of humanoid robots will eventually become the company’s main source of revenue.

Tesla’s CEO sees a future where everyone will have a Tesla Optimus robot in their home performing many manufacturing and service functions.

How much will such a robot cost?

Musk has previously stated that under mass production conditions, the Optimus humanoid robot could cost customers less than half the price of an electric car. $20,000 with $25,000 In line with Tesla’s current pricing structure.

Additionally, Musk sees a potential market of 10 to 20 billion units, which is larger than the population of the planet.

Meanwhile, Boston Dynamics has retired its mega-popular Atlas robot. Development began in 2009, although it used results from much earlier projects. In general, Atlas achieved incredible success in 11 years: he learned to run cross-country, overcome obstacles and perform acrobatic jumps.

While working on this robot, the company made many discoveries that were used in other projects and new developments.