# Tesla Will Record Grünheide Workers' Movements to Train Optimus

From August, selected staff at the German gigafactory wear backpack-mounted cameras that capture how they grip tools and handle parts for imitation learning.

- Published: 2026-07-23T06:03:52.480Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-23/tesla-will-record-gr-nheide-workers-movements-to-train-optim
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [electrive](https://www.electrive.com/2026/07/22/my-colleague-the-robot-optimus-learns-from-tesla-employees-in-grunheide/)

Tesla plans to collect real-world training data for its Optimus humanoid at the Gigafactory in Grünheide, Germany. According to a Russian-language brief on AI ML Big Data and reporting by electrive, selected employees will wear backpack-mou…

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