Elon Musk admitted that a video showing Tesla's Optimus robot folding a shirt is "not yet" possible, leaving online observers to wonder how the video was created at all.
As per US media outlets, In a short video posted Monday to X, formerly known as Twitter, the Tesla robot stands at a table, slowly folding a black shirt, seemingly without assistance. Musk simply said of the video, "Optimus folds a shirt." About 30 minutes later, he followed up that post saying what appeared on screen was not quite as it seemed.
"Important note: Optimus cannot yet do this autonomously, but certainly will be able to do this fully autonomously and in an arbitrary environment (won't require a fixed table with box that has only one shirt)." Musk did not give a timeline for this future capability.
Musk has shared videos of Tesla's Optimus robot in the past performing tasks like yoga stretches, squats and picking up an egg. He unveiled the robot in 2021, announcing it would use the same AI systems that power Tesla's self-driving cars.
Optimus folds a shirt pic.twitter.com/3F5o3jVLq1
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 15, 2024
But this time, users on X and Threads, Meta's new social media rival to X, were quick to pick apart the video, with many accusing Musk and Tesla of essentially faking the action shown.
