Tesla Optimus robot takes a suspicious tumble in new demo

Electrek
By Fred LambertDec 7, 2025, 11:50 pm112 ptsTrending
A new video surfacing from a Tesla demonstration in Miami this weekend shows the Optimus humanoid robot taking a nasty fall. But it’s not the fall itself that is raising eyebrows, it’s the specific hand movements the robot made on its way down, which strongly suggest it was mimicking a remote operator…

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