On January 16, Beijing time, Elon Musk (Elon Musk) released a video of Tesla's "Optimus Prime" humanoid robot folding his own shirt on Monday. As a result, netizens questioned whether the video was fake. Musk posted the video on X on Monday. The video shows Tesla "Optimus Prime" standing at a table and slowly folding a black shirt, seemingly without any help from outside forces. When Musk posted the video, he simply said: "Optimus Prime folding his shirts."
However, about 30 minutes later, Musk posted another post adding,The Optimus Prime robot shown in the video is not as powerful as it looks."Important note: Optimus Prime cannot fold shirts autonomously yet, but (in the future) he can certainly do this completely autonomously in any environment (without a fixed table, and there is only one shirt in the box above)." Musk said, but he did not disclose when "Optimus Prime" will have this ability.
Musk says Optimus Prime doesn’t have the ability to fold his shirts yet
Previously, Musk had shared videos of Tesla’s Optimus Prime robot doing tasks, including yoga stretches, squats and picking up eggs. He unveiled the robot in 2021, claiming it would use the same artificial intelligence system as Tesla's self-driving cars.
But this time, users on X and another social media thread, Threads, were quick to slam the video.Many have accused Musk and Tesla of actually faking the actions in the video.
Marques Brownlee, a well-known YouTube technology blogger, asked Musk to clarify whether this video was actually shot at the scene. "Is this a real-life video, not CGI?" Brownlee asked. Musk did not respond.
Netizens pointed out that the shirt moves on its own
One user claimed on Threads that they had discovered evidence of computer-generated images. According to the slow-motion video he posted,The shirts Optimus Prime is folding sometimes move on their own.This user quipped: "Did Tesla hire the Claymation team from Wallace & Gromit?"
Several other users also pointed out that on the far right of the video, part of a gloved hand can be seen briefly moving in and out of the frame, seemingly mimicking the movements of a Tesla robot.
"This video is just a remote control of the robot, not done automatically by the robot. The principle is basically the same as the way remote surgical robots have worked for decades."Another Threads user pointed out. He's talking about robot-assisted surgery, where doctors use robotic arms they control to perform certain procedures, a technology that has been around for decades.
Even though the video was questioned, many Musk fans posted messages on X to support Musk's efforts to develop robots. Podcast host Lex Friedman (Lex Friedman), who had a conversation with Musk, responded to Musk's video and said, "Great job."