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Tesla AI Day: Optimus Bot Was Better Than Anyone Expected

But nowhere near solving the truly hard challenges of robotics

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Alberto Romero
Oct 01, 2022
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Optimus. Credit: Tesla + DALL·E

As I promised on Tuesday, today I bring you an analysis of Tesla’s autonomous humanoid robot, Optimus, unveiled yesterday at AI day 2022. As I always try to do, this is a nuanced take that highlights the good—and the bad.

Last year’s AI day was especially exciting because Musk revealed Tesla was working on Optimus, a robot …

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