'It’s an awesome robot. It looks like a human. People could be easily confused that it’s a human' — Tesla exec on why Optimus 3 is a game changer

Lost among the shock news that Tesla would be shifting away from Model S and Model X production to building a million robots a year in its Fremont factory were the company's wild aspirations and promises for its upcoming Optimus 3 humanoid robot.

Built on the same Full Self Driving technology (FSD) you'd find in a Tesla Model 3 or Model Y EV, Tesla's Optimus robot has been on a development fast track for almost four years, quickly graduating from embarrassingly halting locomotion to impressive dance moves. Now, though, Elon Musk and Tesla are promising something more – and possibly more disturbing.

During an earnings call in which execs did their best to put a positive spin on declining sales and extreme EV competition in one of their biggest markets (China), Tesla robotics engineer, and the guy leading its AI efforts, Ashok Elluswamy, claimed ...