Fall 2025 GRASP Industry Talk – Tesla AI: “Building an Intelligent General-Purpose Humanoid Robot”

This was an in-person event with attendance in AGH Auditorium. Registration was required for this event. Link to register was sent via email.

ABSTRACT

Tesla is on a mission to redefine the productivity of our civilization through the development of intelligent, general-purpose humanoid robots. In this talk, we will share our vision and progress toward building scalable robotic systems that can perform a wide range of tasks with human-level capability. We will review the major milestones achieved in hardware design and embodied AI, and present our strategy for developing productionizable, general-purpose robotic intelligence. This includes our approach to scalable learning, simulation, and real-world deployment. Attendees will gain insight into how Tesla is leveraging its expertise in AI and manufacturing to accelerate the future of robotics and transform the way we live and work.

OVERVIEW

We develop and deploy autonomy at scale in vehicles, robots and more. We believe that an approach based on advanced AI for vision and planning, supported by efficient use of inference hardware, is the only way to achieve a general solution for full self-driving, bi-pedal robotics and beyond.

AGENDA

1:30 – 2:15 PM – Tech Talk “Building a General-Purpose Humanoid Robot”
2:15 – 3:30 PM – Q&A, Networking, Optimus Demo