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Elon Musk provides an Optimus update. 🤖
Yahoo Finance· 2026-04-22 23:34
I think Optimus will be our biggest product, not just Tesla's biggest product ever, but probably the biggest product ever. Probably able to have Optimus be useful outside of Tesla sometime next year. Optimus, we're preparing Fremont for starter production later this year with with Optimus.Again, totally new supply chain, totally new technology. The production scope is always very slow in the beginning, but we'll ramp up to significant numbers next year. And we're constructing a second Optimus factory in at ...
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Tesla Owners Silicon Valley· 2026-04-22 21:47
The Optimus v3 design is almost ready to demonstrate, and we want to make sure it's polished. There are still some aesthetic elements that need to be finalized. We should be able to showcase it in the middle of this year.Elon Musk ...
Humanoid Robot Beats Human Record in Beijing
Bloomberg Television· 2026-04-20 05:27
Can you run faster than a human. Well, yeah, robots certainly can. Take a look at this.A robot running record is getting plenty of attention after a half in a half marathon race in Beijing. Look at him. He goes, yes.yeah. I can I can feel his emotion. So he actually beat the human record that was made during, what, Portugal.That was I think that was the last. March 8. Wow.Yeah. That was six weeks ago. And I think .. I love watching.So the robot managed to .. Oh my god. Where is his head.Get the record. It's ...
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Herbert Ong· 2026-04-20 00:12AI Processing
🚨 Elon Musk says Tesla has already changed the Optimus hand design, noting the recently published patents didn’t work as intended.Elon Musk (@elonmusk):@TheHumanoidHub @GoingBallistic5 We already changed the design. This one didn’t actually work. ...
Humanoid robots race runners at Beijing half marathon
NBC News· 2026-04-19 22:30
At a half marathon pitting Chinese humanoid robots beside real life runners, it was the machines making huge strides. The winner called Lightning finishing the 13 miles in just 50 minutes 26 seconds, breaking the human world record by nearly 7 minutes, built by smartphone maker Honor, which swept the top three spots with their bots. >> Yeah, I'm really excited.It was a technological leap from last year's race. This year, nearly half of the robots that are running are autonomous, meaning they're literally ru ...
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The Economist· 2026-04-18 06:40
China has more than 150 humanoid-robot makers, plus many more research teams in universities and government labs. All want attention, investment and state support. An upcoming race might help them attract it https://t.co/FvpVXbYIfm ...
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TechCrunch· 2026-04-17 16:18
Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it’s thriving — here’s why https://t.co/e5rrCwwDKN ...
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Tesla Owners Silicon Valley· 2026-04-16 18:24
Tesla just dropped a major Optimus upgrade in a new patent today Optimus V3 robotic hand revealed:• Tendon-driven system with actuators in the forearm• 4 degrees of freedom per finger• Advanced cable routing that switches from horizontal to vertical stack through the wrist• Minimizes friction, stretch, torque & crosstalk for ultra-smooth, human-like movement This level of dexterity is exactly what will make Optimus useful in the real world. Mass production friendly and seriously impressive engineering.Tesla ...
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The Economist· 2026-04-16 16:15
China is racing towards a robotic future https://t.co/5B04TcVknA ...
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Decrypt· 2026-04-15 21:32
Google's Latest AI Update Makes Industrial Robots Way Smarter—Here's Howhttps://t.co/ZBfc40yHnu ...