Tesla Showcases Optimus' Autonomous Navigation, Charging Abilities After Admitting They Were Human Assisted 'To Some Extent' At Robotaxi Unveiling Event

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The humanoid robot can also now interact with humans and hand over snacks and drinks upon verbal or gesture request, the video added.“Our work on Autopilot has greatly boosted these efforts; the same technology is used in both car & bot, barring some details and of course the dataset needed to train the bot's AI,” Head of Engineering For Optimus Milan Kovac said in a post on X.

EV giant Tesla Inc.(NASDAQ:TSLA) on Thursday shared a new video of its Optimus humanoid robot operating around a company factory by itself, demonstrating progress made including its ability to avoid people while navigating.

What Happened: The video shared by Tesla shows the robot navigating autonomously around Tesla’s factory while avoiding people and objects.

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Author / Journalist: Anan Ashraf

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