Tesla Optimus has shown improved walking and improved actuators. The actuators will continue to be improved.
The walking was mastered using reinforcement learning in a digital simulation. This training approach is used by all of the leading humanoid bot companies.
The reports and claims from the humanoid robot companies is that training of skills is going very well and very quickly with AI/simulation training and recordings of teleoperation and motion capture from human trainers.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 2, 2025
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