Tesla Optimus Hits Hundreds/Week, Hits Hands, Supply Snags — SkimNews
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- Tesla ramped up Optimus humanoid robot production to several hundred units per week, a roughly tenfold increase in recent months.
- Optimus manufacturing faces a specific hurdle with the robot's hands, one of three production bottlenecks named by sources.
- Tesla is also struggling with automation equipment used on the Optimus production line.
- Supplier constraints are the third named bottleneck affecting Optimus output, alongside the hands and automation challenges.
Why it matters: A tenfold production ramp signals real capital commitment to Optimus, but the three named bottlenecks — hands, automation equipment, and suppliers — show that the hardest problems in humanoid robotics remain physical and manufacturing-layer rather than AI-software issues. Each bottleneck represents a distinct supply chain or engineering risk that must be resolved before scaling beyond hundreds per week.
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