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Tesla's Optimus humanoid hits production snags

Original: Tesla’s optimus hits snags in hands, suppliers as scale-up begins

Tesla is beginning to scale up production of its Optimus humanoid robot, but the ramp is running into difficulties with the robotic hands and supplier components, alongside challenges getting the AI to generalize across tasks. The report from Electrek details how these engineering and supply chain problems could slow the rollout of a robot Elon Musk has made central to Tesla's long-term valuation story.

Why now: Investors and tech watchers closely track Optimus progress because Musk has staked Tesla's future valuation on humanoid robotics, so reports of production trouble draw wide attention.

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