Tesla has increased production of its Optimus humanoid robot roughly tenfold in recent months, expanding output from a few dozen per week to several hundred. Assembly lines are struggling with the robot’s intricate hands, which require highly complex actuators and wiring that complicate high-speed automated manufacturing. Production is encountering friction due to unreliability in the specialized automated manufacturing equipment deployed on the factory floor. The scale-up effort is being choked by external supplier shortages for key specialized components, slowing down the target delivery timetable.The manufacturing hurdles demonstrate that transitioning Optimus from low-volume prototypes to mass, reliable factory production remains one of Tesla’s toughest engineering tests.

Full report : Elon Musk’s Tesla Struggles with Component Bottlenecks and Assembly Hurdles Despite a Tenfold Increase in Humanoid Robot Output.