Jammu, April 24 -- Could Tesla's Humanoid 'Optimus' Hit Factory Floors This Year? CEO Musk Says Bots Could Be For Sale By 2025

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has given a timeline for the release of the company's much anticipated humanoid robot dubbed 'Optimus', indicating production versions could be helping out on factory floors as early as the end of 2022 and available for consumer purchase before 2026 wraps up.

In comments to investors during Tesla's recent earnings call, Musk suggested the advanced automaton, introduced last year as 'Bumblebee', has progressed significantly at the Silicon Valley automaker's labs. The tech mogul estimated Optimus may take over certain repetitive manufacturing tasks before 2023 closes out, should testing and saf...