Elon Musk claimed that the Optimus model won’t only serve as a practical robot – it will also be a companion and even a babysitter.
These include the claim that they will make Tesla a $25 trillion company and that there will be over a thousand of them working in Tesla factories by next year.
Another statement the world’s richest man made about the company’s Optimus model is that they won’t only serve as a practical robot – they will also be a companion, and even a babysitter.The latest Tesla Optimus model, dubbed Gen 2, has several upgrades over the last iteration. These include hands featuring 22 degrees of freedom. They allow the robot to perform various dexterous actions.
Tesla has shown off these upgrades in a series of videos reminiscent of Boston Dynamics’ viral Atlas promo footage. Elon Musk is, of course, no stranger to fanfare. It has to be said that his claims are best taken with a pinch of salt. He did claimStill, many of his bold statements have also come true. His company SpaceX has the best track record, having single-handedly driven down the cost of reaching space with its Falcon 9 rideshare.
Musk made the claim during Tesla’s 2024 annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, June 13. During that meeting, he stated that “it’s, you know, your companion, it can be at your house, it can babysit your kids, it could be a teacher. It, you know, it can do factory stuff.” “Who doesn’t want a C3PO? You know, but a C3PO plus R2D2 plus, you know, plus plus. It would be pretty awesome,” Musk continued, according to aMusk is known for being outspoken and controversial on his social media platform, X. He has claimed in the past that he believes adults without children should be stripped of their voting rights.
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