"Inside a glass-walled lab at Tesla's engineering headquarters, dozens of workers act out the motions of everyday life: lifting a cup, wiping a table, pulling open a curtain. They repeat each action hundreds of times during eight-hour shifts, and their work is captured by five cameras attached to their helmet and a heavy backpack. CEO Elon Musk sometimes stops by to watch, and Tesla investors visit regularly for demos. It's like being a "lab rat under a microscope," one former worker told Business Insider. The goal is simple: Teach Optimus, the company's robot, how to move like a human."
"Musk has identified Optimus as a crucial part of the business. During the company's third-quarter earnings call, Musk said that it "has the potential to be the biggest product of all time" and said the company would eventually produce 1 million units per year. He has also projected that Optimus would account for around 80% of the automaker's value one day. Tesla intends for Optimus to perform a wide variety of tasks, including factory work, household chores, and caregiving. The work of the "data collection operators" is designed to pave the way for Optimus to replace human labor."
Dozens of workers in a glass-walled lab execute routine human motions—lifting cups, wiping tables, and pulling curtains—hundreds of times per eight-hour shift while wearing five helmet cameras and a heavy backpack that records their movements. CEO Elon Musk and investors visit the lab for demos and observation. Musk projects Optimus could become Tesla's largest product, reaching one million units per year and representing about 80% of company value. Recorded human-motion data trains Optimus to perform factory tasks, household chores, and caregiving. Data-collection operators endure physically demanding, repetitive work and face critique when movements are judged insufficiently human.
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