Tools & manufacturing · 2022
Tesla Optimus
An automaker bets on mass-producing a general-purpose humanoid.
Tesla announced Optimus in 2021 and showed a walking prototype in September 2022. It signaled that large manufacturers saw humanoids as a volume product.
What it built on 4
What it led to 1
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