Optimus, Tesla's humanoid robot, is no longer just a stage demo. Elon Musk has repeatedly prioritized bringing Optimus into Tesla's own factories first, and management has talked about beginning production in 2025 and scaling rapidly thereafter. The near-term milestones look practical -- internal deployment and manufacturing tasks -- but the longer-term prize is a multipurpose platform that could be sold or licensed across industries if performance, reliability, and costs pencil out.There is still a long ro ...