Murtaza Dalal (@mihdalal) / X

Murtaza Dalal

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Murtaza Dalal

@mihdalal

AI @ Tesla Optimus | Robotics/AI PhD @CMU_Robotics, EECS @UCBerkeley | Opinions entirely and unequivocally my own

San Jose, CA

Joined February 2020

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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
May 21, 2025
I want to make clear how crazy impressive this result is. We can now do bi-manual, dexterous manipulation across a wide range of tasks with barely any data on these skills coming from teleoperation. As we know, teleop does not scale! But turns out human video does! This means
Tesla Optimus
@Tesla_Optimus
May 21, 2025
I’m not just dancing all day, ok
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
Apr 2, 2025
The wait is finally over… I’m incredibly excited to share that I’ve joined @Tesla_Optimus! Our team has been cooking some incredible stuff, this video is just a taste of what’s to come 😉 We are working on some of the most exciting and groundbreaking technologies in robotics,
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Apr 2, 2025
Accurate actuators accelerate automation
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
Sep 8, 2025
Starting to look very futuristic at this point, but the next one is gonna be 🤯
Tesla Optimus
@Tesla_Optimus
Sep 6, 2025
I’ve been working on my figure
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
May 15, 2025
Ya we’re gonna have a lot of bots We’re actively working on building their brains on the AI team!
Tesla Optimus
@Tesla_Optimus
Apr 22, 2025
Me, Robot
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
May 14, 2025
As promised, the team is crazy fast :) Sim2real RL is the key to getting next level agile, dynamic motions Its also the key to precision and robustness 👀 @Tesla_Optimus has a lot more cooking, stay tuned!
Tesla Optimus
@Tesla_Optimus
May 14, 2025
Was just getting warmed up
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
May 13, 2025
To all the haters that say our bot can’t dance RL is a beast, more to come soon ;)
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
May 13, 2025
🕺
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
Oct 7, 2025
this might be the coolest looking version of the bot we have done so far
Tesla Optimus
@Tesla_Optimus
Oct 7, 2025
Tried to start a fight at the Tron: Ares premiere
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
Nov 9, 2025
I've seen the factories myself, the bots will be there! The AI team is pushing hard to make them useful :)
Tesla
@Tesla
Nov 6, 2025
Replying to @Tesla @robotaxi and @Tesla_Optimus
Optimus pilot production line is currently running in our Fremont Factory Significantly larger Gen 3 production line coming in 2026 We're also testing in our factories & office spaces for real-time use case Our goal is $20k COGS per robot at scale
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
Jun 6, 2025
I’ve only been at Tesla for a few months, but I’ve never been more impressed with a leader. Not only are you incredibly knowledgeable about pretty much every technical part of Optimus - from hardware mechanical and electrical to even AI, (that’s honestly kinda insane if you think
Milan Kovac
@_milankovac_
Jun 6, 2025
Over the past 9+ years, I’ve had the immense privilege to work with some of the most brilliant minds in AI & engineering. I’ve built friendships that will last a lifetime. This week, I’ve had to make the most difficult decision of my life and will be moving out of my position.
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
Jun 22, 2025
Great work by AP to ship this officially today :) Can’t wait for it to come to the Bay
Tesla
@Tesla
Jun 22, 2025
tesla.com/robotaxi
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
May 21, 2025
will be the smartest too if the AI team has anything to say about it :)
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
May 21, 2025
The biggest product ever
Tesla Optimus
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Tesla Optimus
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
May 14, 2025
We have made incredible progress even in the two and a half months I’ve been here (and you haven’t even seen most of it yet, including the stuff I’ve personally worked on!) and thats just gonna continue accelerate Come join the 🚀 to the 🌙
Milan Kovac
@_milankovac_
May 14, 2025
Here's a little more, and no cables this time ;) It's all real-time speed, zero CGI, fully learned in Simulation & zero-shot transferred to real. Besides the fact that it's fun, we had to make significant improvements to our robot model in Sim, domain randomization and other
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
Jun 11, 2025
Massive congrats to our neighbors in the office (aka the autopilot team) for making this happen! As an avid FSD user I'm especially excited, this is just getting us one step closer to the future where we don't have to pay attention to the road at all and just let the car drive!
Sawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerritt
Jun 10, 2025
BREAKING: First ever Tesla Model Y robotaxi with no-one in the drivers seat spotted testing on public roads in Austin, Texas! Tesla's new "Robotaxi" wordmark/logo is on the side of the vehicle.
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Murtaza Dalal
@mihdalal
May 15, 2025
the craziest thing about this is that after awhile you just get used to them walking around as if its just a part of your daily life
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
May 14, 2025
Replying to @SawyerMerritt
It does this every day in our Palo Alto lab. And multiple Optimus robots walk around the office 24/7 with no one watching over them, charging themselves as needed.
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