Tesla uses a team of data collectors to train Optimus how to be human. The workers run, dance, and perform simple tasks like wiping a table hundreds of times. Data collectors said the role is ...

The video shows Optimus performing tasks such as handing out bottled water, posing for photos, and dancing for attendees. During the demonstration, the robot’s movements became unstable while ...

Elon Musk told investors that Tesla would build one million robots next year, but an incident at Miami Art Week poured cold water on his dreams ...

Tesla has shifted the training strategy for its Optimus robot, insiders told Business Insider. Rather than motion capture suits and teleoperation, the automaker will rely primarily on video recordings ...

In a rundown of what the company has achieved since 2018, Tesla said it had deployed two Optimus bots "performing tasks in the factory autonomously." ...

PALO ALTO, CA – Ashok Elluswamy, who heads Tesla’s Autopilot division, has been appointed to lead the company’s Optimus humanoid robot program, following the exit of current lead Milan Kovac. Kovac, ...

SAN DIEGO, Dec 9 — A leaked video of a Tesla Optimus robot falling during a demonstration has gone viral, not because it fell, but because of a mysterious final gesture: as it toppled, the robot moved ...

Tesla’s head of Optimus humanoid robot, Milan Kovac, announced that he is leaving the automaker after 9 years. It leaves just as CEO Elon Musk claimed that the humanoid robot is going to make Tesla ...

"As I've said before, I think Optimus will be more valuable than everything else combined," Musk told investors in an earnings call.

Elon Musk’s Tesla is in deep trouble. This week, the company reported a massive 16 percent decline in automotive revenues, the biggest drop in over a decade. With tax incentives and auto regulatory ...

Elon Musk's prediction that Optimus could make up 80% of Tesla's valuation might not be far-fetched. However, it could take decades for his prediction to come true. Several obstacles could get in the ...