robots

Robots and Autonomy

Tesla Optimus, robotaxi, Full Self-Driving (Supervised), factory automation, AI training, and the robot-economy claims — with hard status labels.

The robot lane tracks Tesla Optimus, autonomous driving, robotaxi service claims, factory automation, and the economics of turning AI into labor.

Iron rule: production targets, demos, pilots, and confirmed deployed units are different claim types.

Core map

Status ladder

Prototype → Demo → Pilot → Production target → Confirmed deployment → Speculation

Source-backed expansion

Tesla Optimus

Source-backed tracker for Tesla Optimus — official product framing, demos, production targets vs deployed useful robots.

Source-backed expansion

Full Self-Driving (Supervised)

Source-backed map of Tesla FSD — product naming, AI stack claims, supervised vs unsupervised, and evaluation discipline.

Source-backed expansion

Robotaxi

Source-backed tracker for Tesla Robotaxi — official service claims, geography, Cybercab future language, and autonomy labels.