News Tesla’s Optimus bot makes a scene at the robotaxi event

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A bunch of Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robots walked out alongside the reveal of Tesla’s new Robovan vehicle at tonight's Cybercab event. The robot is also seen in a video doing daily human tasks like bringing in a package off the porch.

“The Optimus will walk amongst you,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk qips. He explains that you can walk up to them and that they can do things like serve you drinks. “I think this will be the biggest product ever of any kind,” Musk says.

After the presentation, livestream footage showed people interacting with Optimus robots at tables and in crowds, but the robots weren’t doing much other than waving in the style of Astro Bot. There was a table of drinks — but the Optimus bot did not serve anything. However, at...

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