View gallery - 3 images Tesla has completely overhauled its humanoid robot. The Optimus Gen 2 is 10 kg (22 lb) lighter, 30% faster, a lot smoother and more capable, and it looks much more human in the way it moves. It's also got new hands and feet, and some of Elon's style. It certainly seems Tesla's robotics team is moving with its CEO's typical sense of manic urgency. It's a little over two years since Musk first announced the company was getting into the humanoid game, but Tesla had functional prototypes up and running in a jiffy. By March this year, the company had a brand new "Optimus" robot and was showing some impressive capabilities. And a scant ten months later, an all-new Optimus Gen 2 body is the new state of the art. The Gen 2 bot gets two degrees of freedom in its neck, integrated electronics and wiring, and a more human foot shape with articulated toe sections and force/torque sensors. It also gets brand new hands, with 11 degrees of movement freedom, faster actuators, and tactile sensors on all its fingers to enable more deft manipulation of objects. Tactile sensing in every finger of its new hands Tesla It looks much more streamlined and humanoid, moves much more smoothly, balances better and walks a fair bit less like it's soiled its trousers, although you still wouldn't want to get in an elevator with anyone walking like that. With new white bodywork, it's more Model S than the old Optimus's bare-metal Cybertruck look. But it's also 10% lighter. And as the video below shows, it's also gained the ability to dance at least as well as Elon himself.