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Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, has made headlines for its impressive capabilities 🤯🦿—but all is not perfect. Behind the sleek design and AI-powered precision lies a critical issue that Elon Musk and his engineers need to fix 🛠️⚡. Whether it’s limitations in motor control, lack of autonomy, or safety concerns, the Tesla Bot isn’t quite ready to replace human labor just yet ⏳👀.  Is this just a bump on the road to a robotic future—or a sign of deeper challenges ahead? Dive into the real story behind the hype 🎥🔍.  #TeslaBot #ElonMusk #OptimusRobot #AIProblems #HumanoidRobot #TeslaAI #RobotRevolution #TechNews #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #RoboticsUpdate #AIChallenge #ElonInnovation #MuskTech #TeslaFuture #SmartRobots #AI2025 #AutonomousMachines #RobotDevelopment #NextGenTech

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00:00On today's episode, the real TeslaBot competition has emerged, the Tesla Semi is headed to Europe,

00:07Elon's new zero-service scheme, and GM is getting into lithium with a little help from a friend.

00:18The first real competitor for Elon Musk's Optimus humanoid robot has emerged,

00:24and this newcomer is already being hailed by many as the end of the TeslaBot.

00:30Could it be true? Let the bot battle begin.

00:33This is Figure 1. It looks like your average humanoid robot, it moves its arms like an above-average humanoid robot,

00:41but it doesn't talk like a robot. Figure 1 talks like a real person.

00:46And that's because the real reason this robot is making headlines right now comes down to a secret weapon.

00:52Figure 1's synthetic brain is powered by OpenAI.

00:56The company has created a speech-to-speech reasoning model that leverages ChatGPT to give this robot the ability to understand human speech

01:05and reply in a conversational tone that is eerily similar to the way a person would talk.

01:11It even does the occasional um and ah, and even stutters a little bit sometimes in its response,

01:18just like a person, which is freaky, although he is a bit slow on responses,

01:23so you're not going to have a stimulating conversation just yet.

01:27The robot voice isn't even the most impressive part of the demo.

01:31OpenAI has also created a computer vision logic model that allows the robot to see and understand its own environment,

01:41it is asked to do.

01:43So, the man in this video asks for something to eat, and Figure 1 hands him an apple,

01:48then later explains that the apple was the only edible item he had available, so that's why he chose it.

01:55This is not something that your average robot can do.

01:58This is pretty special.

02:00So when you see a Boston Dynamics Atlas doing crazy parkour moves,

02:03that robot isn't freestyling their way through the course the way that a human athlete would.

02:08Atlas is just executing a very meticulously pre-programmed routine that was written out in computer code.

02:15Or, when you see a barista bot making lattes,

02:18that's because the robot is running a specific program for making that specific drink.

02:23If you tried to order something off-menu, the bot wouldn't know what you were talking about.

02:28But Figure 1 doesn't run on code, he runs on a neural network, the closest thing we have to a real human brain.

02:36It's also worth noting that Figure is not only backed by OpenAI,

02:40but also by recently re-crowned richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, and the world's hottest chipmaker, NVIDIA.

02:47So, there are some very big guns on this side.

02:51Now, let's bring Optimus into the ring.

02:54In theory, the Tesla bot can do everything that the Figure 1 is doing in terms of neural network-based logic and object recognition.

03:00But it's not as easy to tell, because Optimus doesn't talk, so he can't explain what he's doing or why.

03:08This is where OpenAI saw their opportunity, and they took it.

03:13There is nothing particularly special about the way Figure 1 moves.

03:18We've all seen really impressive robotics demos by now, it's no big deal anymore.

03:22The Tesla bot appears to have much smoother and more precise action in the arms and fingers.

03:28It walks better than Figure 1.

03:30But this is the first time we've ever seen a robot that appeared to be genuinely self-aware.

03:36It really drives home the humanoid side of things.

03:40Could this be the real reason Elon Musk jumped into a new lawsuit against OpenAI last week?

03:46Now, that's not to say that the Tesla bot couldn't talk if Elon wanted him to.

03:50Tesla has their own secret AI weapon, and that's Elon Musk's X.AI company,

03:55which has their very own large language model chatbot called Grok.

03:59Grok doesn't have anywhere near as much development time as ChatGPT,

04:03but the X.AI language model does have real-time access to the entire X platform, formerly known as Twitter.

04:11So that is a significant advantage, particularly in training conversational language.

04:17So, what comes next? Well, I wouldn't be surprised if we hear Optimus start talking back to us very soon.

04:24Elon Musk has revealed that Tesla Semi production is coming to Europe eventually.

04:29Here's the deal. What Elon said was, quote,

04:31I think it makes sense to produce the Tesla Semi in Europe in Gigafactory Berlin.

04:35Which is true, that would be a great idea, because it would give the Tesla Semi a whole new market for expansion,

04:42and Europe has actually been very receptive to the idea of electric-heavy trucking.

04:47Much more so than the USA, that's for sure.

04:50But a great idea is only half the battle.

04:53Is this something that Tesla can actually make into a reality?

04:57First, a bit of context.

04:58Elon's comment was made during the reopening of the Gigafactory in Berlin,

05:02which came back online a week after eco-terrorists attacked fundamental infrastructure and knocked out

05:09power to the entire factory and surrounding area.

05:12So, it definitely made sense from an employee morale standpoint to bring some optimism and excitement

05:18back to the factory. Give the people something amazing to look forward to in the future.

05:22You know, that makes sense.

05:24What wouldn't make sense is jumping into the European market with an electric Semi

05:28that you haven't even figured out how to manufacture at volume in the USA.

05:33There are maybe a few dozen Tesla Semi's on the road today, which is a good start,

05:38but over the past year that the Semi has been on the road, those numbers do not appear to be growing.

05:44It wasn't that long ago that Elon Musk said Tesla Semi production would ramp up

05:49to 50,000 units in 2024. I see no evidence that this is even remotely possible.

05:56Tesla has started to build a new Semi production facility at Giga Nevada,

06:00but that's going to take a long time to finish and bring online for high volume production.

06:05So, like we said, definitely something cool to look forward to,

06:08but there's a lot of hard work that needs to be done before we get there.

06:12According to a new job posting, Tesla wants to eliminate vehicle service from their business model,

06:17or at least that appears to be their goal, as the company searches for a new senior manager

06:22on a program called Zero Service. This echoes back to a famous Elon Muskism where he's frequently

06:28claimed that, quote, the best service is no service. From what we can see in Tesla's job posting,

06:34the Zero Service program will work to identify and eliminate the reasons for Tesla cars to require

06:39service. And that does make some sense. Being an electric vehicle, there are inherently much fewer

06:45moving parts that would require the kind of typical service that we associate with a regular car.

06:50No oil changes, no transmission, very minimal wear and tear on the brakes.

06:55But even an electric car that is totally free from service still sounds aspirational at best.

07:01So when it comes to Zero Service, I think we can put that title in the same category as

07:06Full Self Driving, an aspirational name that may or may not be possible, but it represents a goal

07:12that the company is working towards. They name the destination and then they figure out how to

07:17actually get there while on route. And for the record, Tesla has been making significant progress

07:22in reducing service calls by simply increasing the build quality and consistency of their product.

07:28And when the cars do need help, Tesla currently has a fleet of over 1900 mobile service vehicles

07:34that will come straight to your door and fix your car, which is already miles above what any other

07:40automaker in this price bracket is offering. As the United States of America look to invest in the

07:45domestic production of essential materials, President Biden is once again leaving Tesla

07:49in the dust for General Motors. As the development of one of the largest lithium extracting facilities

07:56begins in Nevada, General Motors has gotten involved early with a nearly $1 billion takeover of Lithium

08:02America. This will essentially lock in their access to crucial resources that are required to make EVs.

08:08It's probably not a coincidence that after GM announced their involvement in the project,

08:13President Biden and his administration quickly followed suit. In a move to protect American

08:18national interests and safety, the US Department of Energy has sent a $2.26 billion loan to help

08:25finance a lithium carbonite processing plant in Nevada. This comes at a time in which the United

08:31States has become more insistent on domestically producing critical infrastructure as tensions with the

08:36Chinese Communist Party continue to rise. This was confirmed in a statement by the Department of Energy's

08:42Loan Programs Office, as they said, developing this project will strengthen domestic battery supply chains

08:48and reduce reliance on unreliable foreign sources. Once the facility is up and running, it will become

08:55North America's largest source of lithium for electric vehicle batteries, a massive moment for the future of electric cars

09:01in North America as tensions between the West and China grow. But this is where things get really crazy.

09:08It's projected that each year, the Thacker Pass processing plant will produce nearly 40,000 tons

09:13of lithium carbonate for the use of EV batteries, which would be enough for 800,000 vehicles with production

09:20expected to start in 2028. The facility will include a mine and a processing plant creating over 2,000 new jobs,

09:27which will be a massive economic boost for the local community. That doesn't mean everyone is thrilled

09:34with the development. After winning a controversial court case in 2023 against ranchers, conservationists,

09:40and indigenous communities, Lithium Nevada began construction on the Thacker Pass mine.

09:45In the lawsuit, three tribes in the region claimed that the land was the site of a massacre in 1865

09:52that saw their ancestors get slaughtered, thus making it sacred land. So while the local communities

09:58may be concerned with the decision, and understandably so, this just shows how the U.S. is going all in

10:04on domestically producing essential items, putting aside environmental concerns for national security

10:10aspirations.

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