As Elon Musk touted plans to eventually manufacture an army of Tesla bots in Silicon Valley this month, humanoid robots were already being produced and sold to consumers in China. Chinese and U.S.

Walker S2 is an adult-sized humanoid robot with legs, a torso, and arms. China is sending these robots to patrol their border with Vietnam.

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During Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk once again threatened investors that he would walk away if they didn’t agree to award him an astonishing $1 trillion payout. The ...

In a Tesla earnings call Wednesday, the world’s richest man pondered the future of his company’s Optimus robots—and his control over them. Musk has also made it clear that he wants to get paid, a lot.

With Tesla having put out its Q3 2025 earnings results this week, it also spoke to various topics in an accompanying conference call. During that call, Musk spoke extensively to Tesla’s Optimus Robots ...

Already the world’s richest man, Elon Musk is defending his proposed $1 trillion Tesla pay package—arguing it’s less about joining the trillionaires club and more about making sure he can’t be ...