A new iteration of the Optimus robot was unveiled at Tesla’s We, Robot event, where Elon Musk said it would eventually walk the dog.
At Tesla’s recent We, Robot event, the company unveiled the latest iteration of its humanoid robot, Optimus, sparking instant comparisons with Sonny, the robot protagonist from the 2004 movie I, Robot.
The Optimus robot’s likeness to Sonny seems intentional, as underscored by the event’s title. Social media reactions to the unveiling confirmed that the resemblance was not lost on Tesla’s audience, further fueling the sci-fi narrative CEO Elon Musk often embraces.
At the event, where the Cybercab also debuted, Optimus demonstrated its capacity for basic interaction, as seen in a viral clip shared on X, formerly Twitter, by user @cb_doge, who captioned the video, «A conversation between Tesla Optimus bot and a human is the best thing you’ll see on the internet today.»
In the video, Optimus chats with an attendee, asking, «Where are you from?» When the attendee later asks what the hardest part of being a robot is, Optimus replies: «Trying to learn how to be as human as you guys? And that’s something I try harder to do every day.
