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Leaked Tesla Optimus Humanoid Robot Gen 3 Cleaner Look

New gold-and-black images of Teslas next Optimus humanoid robot, labeled Gen 3, have turned up online. They show a cleaner-looking machine: a champagne-gold torso, covered hips where earlier prototypes left joints exposed, and matte-black covers on the knees and shins. Compared with older gold, more open-legged Optimus art, this one reads closer to a finished product than a lab build. Tesla has framed Gen 3 as the first Optimus generation designed for large-scale production , with upgrades meant to make the robot more useful at real work . A more enclosed, product-like exterior fits that story: a step toward robots that can do more of the jobs people and companies want machines to handle, and toward work in factories and other industries rather than only standing on a demo stage. The pictures are static images used as app artwork, not confirmed factory photos of shipping hardware, so take it with a pinch of salt. Tesla has not confirmed or denied that this gold-and-black design is the final Gen 3 exterior. Curious when ordinary people might see a humanoid Optimus out in the world? Keep expectations modest. There is no sourced claim that this Gen 3 look will soon walk through stores or city streets. What is on the record is thin: Tesla showcased an upcoming Gen 3 at AWE 2026 in Shanghai (staff there talked about end-2026 mass-production aims and said the final unit may differ from the display); The company talk about Optimus doing simple tasks inside Tesla factories; Fremont and Texas production capacity plans. Theres also very soft chatter about possible consumer sales around end-2027. Those are program teases and plans, not a sidewalk timeline for the leaked look. Where the images came from is almost as interesting as the look itself. People who inspect phone-app packages found three picture files named robot_closeup_gen3.png, robot_home_full_body_gen3.png, and robot_home_inactive_gen3.png inside Teslas own Android phone app. Sleuth Ming (@tslaming) verified them in app version 4.60.5-4573. Reporting from TeslaMagz and others says the files first appeared around August 27, 2026, were upscaled around September 5, and were still present on September 22. Public notice spiked September 22-23 after Whole Mars Catalog shared the art (that post was later deleted) and outlets including Tesla North, Not a Tesla App, Teslarati, and 36Kr recirculated it. Some writeups place the files in an assets/mock folder, where developers often stash placeholder interface art. Tesla has stayed silent on the discovery as of September 24, 2026. Leaked Tesla Optimus Humanoid Robot Gen 3 Cleaner Look , original content from Ubergizmo . Read our Copyrights and terms of use .

25 Sep 2026 3:17 am