The head of the engineering company, Optimus, left the human robot department in Tesla, the company on Friday. Milan Kovak announced his departure On xInsisting that it “will not change anything” about the company’s plans, which, as of March, the construction of thousands of robots this year alone.
Kovac insisted that he was only leaving Tesla to “spending more time with the family abroad,” adding that “his support for Elonmusk and the team is IronClad”, heading to speculation that his exit may be driven by a political musk or the recent public dispute with Donald Trump. in TweetMusk Kovac thanked his “distinguished contribution to Tesla during the past decade.”
Bloomberg Reports Autopilot Ashok Eluswamy will take over the Optimus, which is in a critical stage. In March Moses claimed The company can make “at least one leg of the robots this year and then 10 legs next year”, which means about 5,000 robots by the end of this year, and 50,000 in 2026. To do so, he will have to overcome China’s recent restrictions On rare and magnetic land exports, which are essential to build robots.
