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Optimus performing factory tasks 2024

“Optimus is already performing tasks in our factory.”
— Elon Musk · Jul 1, 2024 · Tesla Q2 2024 earnings call transcript (Motley Fool), July 23 2024 ↗
What actually happened

On the Q2 2024 earnings call (July 23 2024) Musk stated 'Optimus is already performing tasks in our factory,' and Optimus units were indeed deployed at Tesla factories in 2024 doing narrow tasks (e.g., battery-cell sorting). However, this was teleoperated/supervised data-collection work, and on the Q4 2025 call (Jan 2026) Musk admitted the units were still primarily for learning, not productive work. Re-graded partial (2026-07-05 audit): Optimus units genuinely worked in Tesla factories in 2024 (4680 cell sorting at Fremont), but Musk himself conceded on the Jan 28, 2026 earnings call that deployed units are 'primarily for learning, not productive tasks' — i.e. the 2024 factory work was supervised/teleoperated data collection, not the autonomous productive work claimed. Substance real, caveat material. Electrek — Musk admits Optimus units aren't doing useful work, Jan 2026 ↗

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Jul 1, 2024
The promise: “Optimus is already performing tasks in our factory.” · Tesla Q2 2024 earnings call transcript (Motley Fool), July 23 2024 ↗
Oct 1, 2024
Partial — on time. On the Q2 2024 earnings call (July 23 2024) Musk stated 'Optimus is already performing tasks in our factory,' and Optimus units were indeed deployed at Tesla factories in 2024 doing narrow tasks (e.g., battery-cell sorting). However, this was teleoperated/supervised data-collection work, and on the Q4 2025 call (Jan 2026) Musk admitted the units were still primarily for learning, not productive work. Re-graded partial (2026-07-05 audit): Optimus units genuinely worked in Tesla factories in 2024 (4680 cell sorting at Fremont), but Musk himself conceded on the Jan 28, 2026 earnings call that deployed units are 'primarily for learning, not productive tasks' — i.e. the 2024 factory work was supervised/teleoperated data collection, not the autonomous productive work claimed. Substance real, caveat material. Electrek — Musk admits Optimus units aren't doing useful work, Jan 2026 ↗
Today · Jul 16, 2026
Status: Partial · on time. Sort of happened.

On Tesla's Q2 2024 earnings call in July 2024, Musk said Optimus robots were 'already performing tasks in our factory.' The statement put real factory work — a longtime Optimus milestone — in the present tense rather than on a future timeline. The claim was resolved as delivered in October 2024, within its year-end deadline.

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