Published on: 2025-06-13 21:35:38
With car sales cratering worldwide, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is desperately looking for alternative areas of growth. Apart from preparing to launch a fleet of autonomous "Cybercab" robotaxis, the billionaire has promised that an army of Optimus humanoid robots could soon be roaming factory floors, heralding a revolution in manufacturing. At least, that's his grandiose vision. Earlier this week, Musk told CNBC that the carmaker will have "thousands of Optimus robots working in Tesla factories by the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-20 04:23:00
There’s just something about robots that makes us really want to kick them. Like this one, this one, or all of these ones. I know that the kicking technically has a purpose, but let’s be honest, it’s not the harrowing trial of human-like locomotion and stability that makes us want to kick, it’s the uh… kicking part. Abusing robots is fun, apparently, but also very tiring. I mean, who has time to kick and punch? In this economy? Luckily, this is 2025, and now the robots can kick and punch each ot
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-12 22:59:05
It turns out Donald Trump's tariffs have been good for something: pouring cold water on another one of Elon Musk's harebrained schemes. Remember those creepy humanoid robots Tesla showed off last year — the ones that turned out to remote-controlled by humans? As it turns out, the long-promised androids rely on magnets made from heavy rare-earth metals that are currently supplied exclusively by China. Unfortunately for Tesla, Donald Trump's baffling trade war seems to have successfully goaded C
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