Tesla CEO Elon Musk Says Robots May Build Other Robots One Day But Optimus Can't Find A Missing Sock: 'Such Miracles … Are Impossible'

Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday expressed optimism that robots will build other robots one day.

What Happened: Terming it ‘inevitable,’ the CEO said that robots will build robots one day whether Tesla does it or not.

Tesla is building and improving its own bi-pedal, humanoid robot called the Optimus. The generation 2 version of the Optimus was unveiled in a video on X in December with better control of its hands enabling it to handle delicate objects like eggs.

However, as per the CEO, it still cannot find a missing sock.

“Unfortunately, such miracles as finding a missing sock are impossible,” Musk wrote in another post.

Why It Matters: The new comments on Optimus follow Musk posting a video of the Optimus folding a shirt on Monday. Though not autonomous at the moment, the robot will be able to do the deed autonomously in the future even in an arbitrary environment without a table or a box with one shirt, the CEO said.

Tesla announced the humanoid bot two years ago, initially aimed at performing unsafe, repetitive, or boring tasks. During Tesla’s second-quarter earnings call in July, Musk said that the bots will be able to do something useful in Tesla factories starting 2024.

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