Tesla's Optimus robot isn't very impressive – but it may be a sign of better things to come
- Written by Wafa Johal, Senior Lecturer, Computing & Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
TeslaIn August 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the electric car manufacturer was planning to get into the robot business. In a presentation accompanied by a human dressed as a robot, Musk said work was beginning on a “friendly” humanoid robot to “navigate through a world built for humans and eliminate dangerous, repetitive...





