Musk: Tesla s Optimus robot will feature a design that consumers have never seen. According to media reports, Tesla s Optimus robot has entered the production stage, but the version delivered to consumers in the future is likely to be very different from its current form and have a design that consumers have never seen. Elon Musk hinted at this during the company s recent second-quarter earnings call. In recent years, Tesla has continued to demonstrate iterative upgrades of the Optimus robot, eventually launching the V2 version currently in production. At the company's all-hands meeting in the first quarter of 2025, Musk told employees that Tesla would strive to produce the first batch of Optimus robots this year. It was widely expected that Tesla would mass-produce and continue to improve the Optimus V2, which is flexible and has a relatively mature design. However, Musk clarified during the second-quarter earnings call that when Optimus actually goes into mass production, it will use a new V3 design. This means that the first batch of Optimus robots delivered to consumers will have significantly different appearance and construction than the V2 versions shown since 2023. According to reports, Musk is extremely optimistic about the prospects of Optimus V3 and reiterated his previous view that Optimus is expected to become Tesla's most important product in the future. He is confident in the V3 design, pointing out that this version has found the right direction . Although there is still room for optimization in the future, there is no need to make fundamental changes. The Optimus V3 design has all the degrees of freedom needed for a humanoid robot, Musk emphasized, praising it as pretty sophisticated