Could your future colleague be an autonomous robot, assisting you completing tasks in the hospital setting? Tesla’s humanoid robots demonstrate capabilities to potentially work in dynamic environments and can also perform tasks and interact. These advancements with AI potentially could cost less than the cost of the average car. Maybe Elon has provided an answer to the global nursing shortages.

Elon Musk- ‘We, Robot’ Party

Optimus – Tesla

The however part: were the robots fully autonomous or a remote controlled devices? Elon didn’t really clarify this in the presentation, but either way, I will gladly take the Robotaxi or Robovan home post night-shift.

Ludlow, E. & Welch, D. (2024). Tesla ‘remarkably human’ Optimus bots were remotely operated.

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