Robotics Tesla kills the Model S to build a robot it hasn't shipped
Tesla is ending Model S and Model X production at Fremont to convert the lines to Optimus humanoids, with Gen 3 mass production targeted for summer 2026.
New robots, new capabilities. Tracking what's coming for the workforce.
Robotics Tesla is ending Model S and Model X production at Fremont to convert the lines to Optimus humanoids, with Gen 3 mass production targeted for summer 2026.
Robotics Persona AI's Michael Perry told Seoul Forum 2026 on May 27 that humanoid robots are 'a different category of capital' that addresses $1 trillion in manufacturing revenue lost annually to labor shortage — citing Ulsan shipyards' average worker age of 48.3 and 2.1 million unfilled US manufacturing jobs by 2030.
Robotics It took Agibot nearly two years to build its first 1,000 humanoid robots. It took three months to build the last 5,000. The exponential curve just showed up for work, and it did not bring snacks.