Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot has a pop culture moment
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Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) Optimus humanoid robot is making headlines this week after taking a back seat recently to the company's aggressive autonomous driving vision. Notably, the company's store is seeing strong demand for a Bot action figure being sold based off the Optimus model. The $40 action figure comes with a mini charging stand model and a toy Cyberhammer.
Optimus also featured prominently this week in social media posts from Kim Kardashian. The media star shared videos of her meeting with an Optimus robot, and a photo shoot with her leaning against a Tesla (TSLA) Cybercab that had an Optimus robot in the driver's seat.
Tesla (TSLA) is not the only electric vehicle maker with robot plans. Earlier in the week, XPeng (XPEV) revealed its robot has more than 60 joints and 200 degrees of freedom, with technology shared from the company's AI vehicles. The robots have already been integrated into XPeng's (XPEV) daily operations and focus on internal applications, such as factories and stores.
Shares of Tesla (TSLA) are up 10.2% over the last week, while XPeng (XPEV) is up 1%.
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