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October 22, 2024CNET releases a video of Tesla’s Investor Day, featuring the infamous Optimus Robots. (Supplied: CNET)
Tesla’s Humanoid Robots Aren’t Quite Autonomous Yet
Tesla’s prototype Optimus robots were revealed to be operated by humans behind the scenes, according to Ars Technica. These revelations call into question Tesla’s claims about the robots’ abilities, fueling scepticism about their progress toward full autonomy.
Reality Check for Tesla’s Robot Ambitions
The reports highlight the complexity of building autonomous humanoid robots and suggest Tesla may be further from achieving its ambitious goals than previously thought. The news has raised eyebrows in the tech community, with many wondering how much of Tesla’s demonstrations were real.
Editor’s Comment:
Oh, so the “robots of the future” are just high-tech puppets? The first rumours were that the robots were actually humans in suits… that didn’t make sense to me because they would have needed humans as skinny as skeletons inside those suits!
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