Tesla Humanoid Robot Gains New Skills; Watch

The Tesla Optimus humanoid robot has gained a new skill: it can now walk on uneven surfaces, highly variable ground using neural nets to control its electric limbs.

“I forgot to mention that Optimus was doing this while blindfolded,” Elon Musk said on X. “We haven’t yet made vision part of the control loop for uneven terrain.” 

“Optimus robots are regularly cruising around our workplace in Palo Alto where vision is used for static and dynamic object avoidance.”

The news comes just weeks after Optimus showed off its “handy” work – catching a tennis ball.

“Optimus will be like having your own personal C-3PO & RD-D2,” Musk said. 

It’s been a busy time for Tesla, which recently announced that its Neuralink brain implant received approval from Canadian health authorities to run the first international trial for its fully implantable, wireless brain-computer interface technology.