Tesla’s Optimus Robot Gen 2. Credit: Tesla – CC BY 3.0 via WikimediaCommons The pinnacle attraction at Tesla’s Cybercab event was its Optimus robots. The robots were seen serving beer and partaking in activities such as mingling with guests, dancing, and conversing. Now, it has been reported that this was mostly a show, as the robots were reportedly remotely operated by humans. In videos of the event, the robots could be seen immediately reacting to both auditive and visual stimuli in real time, which would be revolutionary—except Tesla’s Optimus Robots do not seem to be fully autonomous machines. The Optimus robots did use AI to walk Robert Scoble, who was a guest at the Cybercab event, posted on X that he had talked to an engineer and explained how the robots actually functioned. The Optimus Robots that were seen serving a beer were remotely controlled by humans but nevertheless also used AI. This means that, according to Scoble, at the next event, the world will be able to see just how quickly Tesla’s Optimus Robots AI are learning. Impressively, when the Optimus robots were walking, they were indeed operating through AI. It is also crucial to note that Tesla was not actively advocating that the Optimus Robots were acting without any human assistance anyway. Another video shows an Optimus voice telling Scoble that “it might be some” when he asked the robot to what extent it was controlled by AI.