The Tesla Optimus X account has released video of the humanoid bot doing some basic tasks: taking out garbage, cooking food in a frying pan, sweeping up with a brush and more.
Tesla and other humanoid bot companies starting with motion capture training.
Elon said in an interview Tesla is moving onto Sim to Real. They simulate the tasks in simulation with a simulated bot and then they load the bot with those new trained skills.
Elon also described the goal of Teslabot learning from just watching tasks being performed by humans in video.
I’m not just dancing all day, ok pic.twitter.com/rKs5WwKjvf
— Tesla Optimus (@Tesla_Optimus) May 21, 2025
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