elon musk recently stated that tesla is fully committed to mass-producing the humanoid robot "optimus prime", and predicted that it will eventually become tesla's most important product. optimus prime, a humanoid robot project that began several years ago, has dramatically increased in importance over the past year and has become a core business for tesla. last october, at the "we, the robots" event, it demonstrated interactive functions such as serving drinks and performing, attracting great attention.
however, there are still major challenges to mass production. tesla has set ambitious production targets, but there are also several unexpected difficulties. in particular, the development of robot hands is extremely important. the team hopes to enable the robot to perform highly precise operations, such as threading a needle, which requires extremely advanced mechanical dexterity. furthermore, optimizing the production process and expanding the scale of production are also urgent issues. musk emphasized that the company is "fully committed to advancing production" because this project is crucial to tesla's future growth.
musk expressed optimism about the future of optimus prime. earlier this month, he predicted that the robot would account for about 80% of tesla's corporate value, and declared it "completely dominant" at the january earnings conference. he also said that optimus prime would be the "most important product in history", transforming people's lives like c-3po and r2-d2 in "star wars".
