Elon Musk: Tesla will begin using humanoid robots next year

Tesla has been working on a humanoid robot, known as Optimus, to use in its factories and on production lines

Elon Musk’s firm Tesla has been developing robots (PA)

Tesla boss Elon Musk has said the car maker hopes to have “genuinely useful” humanoid robots deployed internally next year.

Posting to X, formerly Twitter and the platform he owns, Mr Musk said the firm then hoped to expand production and start offering the robots to other firms in 2026.