During a town hall event last week, Tesla (TSLA) informed its employees about its plans to begin collecting data to train its Optimus humanoid robots at its manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, The Business Insider reported on Saturday.

The Austin push is planned for February, insiders told Business Insider. Tesla has been training Optimus in its Fremont factory for more than a year.

Tesla gained 3% after Musk said Optimus humanoid robots will be sold to consumers by end of 2026 following safety testing.

CEO He Xiaopeng said XPeng’s first ET1 humanoid robot unit has rolled off the production line. ・The company previously said it aims to mass-produce high-level humanoid robots by the end of 2026. ・Shares slipped after Macquarie cut its price target to $26,

Humanoid robot companies employ armies of human operators to train their machines by doing tasks like squatting and washing dishes.

With stats like that, one can’t help but suspect that the first country to have a million humanoids will be China.