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Tesla Optimus robot takes a suspicious tumble in new demo

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by ojo-rojo

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I notice when its left hand came down there was a squirt of water from probably crushing water bottle. That makes me wonder how much force these robots can exert, and if they can accidentally hurt people.

by LorenDB

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All observations about teleoperation aside, it's just really funny to me how the robot appears to knock over the water bottles, throw its hands up in exasperation, and then give up and fall down. It somehow makes it feel more human.

by alsetmusic

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> Even recently, Musk fought back against the notion that Tesla relies on teleoperation for its Optimus demonstration. He specified that a new demo of Optimus doing kung-fu was “AI, not tele-operated”
The world's biggest liar, possibly. It's insane to me that laws and regulations haven't stopped him from lying to investors and the public, but that's the world in which we live.

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by treetalker

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by energy123

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by __patchbit__

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Looks consistent with the imagined Star Wars C-3PO behavior after doing booboo.
Tesla AI viral inside joke?

by NedF

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by sidcool

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Fred Lambert's blogs about Tesla are always critical and have been proven wrong many times. I would take it with a pinch of salt.