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July 23 news,TeslaWhen will the product that has been advertised be delivered?Optimus Prime（Optimus）robotAccording to the company's CEO ElonMusk(Elon Musk)'s latest statement means that this will be delayed a little longer than originally expected.

"Tesla will be using a small number of really useful humanoid robots internally next year, hopefully moving into high volume production for other companies by 2026," Musk tweeted on Monday morning local time.

This is a delay from Musk's previous promise. Musk said in April that the Optimus Prime robot would be working in Tesla's factory by the end of 2024 and could be delivered to other companies by 2025. But according to Musk's latest comments, this is obviously not going to happen.

Musk first announced the Tesla Robotics at a very strange event, where a person in a straitjacket performed on stage. It was 2021, and even Musk's fans had to admit that the scene looked weird. In the past three years, the Tesla Robotics has come a long way, from nothing to a functional robot that can walk and hold objects. But the company clearly has some tricks up its sleeve when it comes to showing off the robot's major achievements.

For example, in January this year, Musk posted a video on social media showing the Optimus Prime robot folding clothes. But it didn't take long for people to notice something strange in the bottom corner of the video. It was obvious that the robot was not actually working autonomously, but rather someone off-screen was controlling the robot synchronously by moving their arms.

After Musk and his Optimus Prime robot were mocked online for this deception, other robotics companies began adding text to their videos to indicate that their robots were indeed working autonomously. To make it clear that no one was off-screen deceiving the audience, they added the words "not remotely operated" to their videos.

Musk was hyping up the Optimus Prime robot as if it was just around the corner last month. He insisted at Tesla's shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas that the robot would one day be your child's babysitter. But in reality, if you look at the progress other robotics companies have made over the past decade, Tesla still has a long way to go. And frankly, the robotics leaders that Tesla is trying to catch up to also have a long way to go. Boston Dynamics, for example, unveiled a robot that could stand up on its own back in 2016, stood on one foot later that year, did a backflip in 2017, and demonstrated parkour-style jumps working in 2018.

But Musk himself may be a little distracted at the moment and unable to focus on developing robots. Like other Americans, Musk is also closely following the US presidential election, and robots are obviously not his top priority. (Chenchen)