Elon Musk: Tesla is prioritizing product development of Optimus humanoid robot in 2022
A number of Optimus's parameters - height, weight, strength, non-masculine appearance - have been carefully chosen so as to not threaten the male ego:
Smart move.
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from today's The Bloomberg Open:
Tesla robot to the rescue. The Optimus Human Robot is the most important thing Tesla will work on this year and may even eclipse the company's vehicle business, Elon Musk told investors. The humanoid robots will be important to address the labor shortage in the U.S. and their first use will be in the company's factories, Musk said. Optimus has "the potential to be more significant than the vehicle business over time."
I guess this is Musk's solution to the unions....???
ReplyDeleteThinking bigger, it's Musk's solution to having to deal with humans.
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