A leaked video of Tesla’s Optimus robot falling during a demo went viral — not because it fell, but because it made a very human-like gesture, moving its hands to its face as if removing a VR headset. This sparked huge speculation online. The incident happened at Tesla’s “Autonomy Visualized” event in Miami, where Optimus was handing out water bottles before becoming unstable and collapsing. Researchers noticed the gesture resembled movements commonly seen in VR-controlled robots. This led to wi

Elon Musk revealed two Optimus prototypes at Tesla AI Day 2022, promising to make the robots as quickly as possible, eventually selling millions. | CNET