'I, Robot' Director Calls Out Elon Musk for Tesla Bot Design | THR News Video
The director of the film 'I, Robot' is mocking Elon Musk for ripping off the film's designs for Tesla's new robot, dubbed Optimus, Robotaxi and Robovan. After the trio of robot products were revealed, people were quick to scrutinize them, with a host of people accusing Musk's company of ripping off the designs found in the 2004 sci-fi film 'I, Robot' starring Will Smith.
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00:00The director of the film iRobot is mocking Elon Musk for ripping off the movie's designs for
00:04Tesla's new robot dubbed Optimus, Robotaxi, and Rebovin. After the trio of robot products
00:11were revealed, people were quick to scrutinize them, with a host of people accusing Musk's
00:16company of ripping off the designs found in the 2004 sci-fi film iRobot, starring Will Smith.
00:21On the inside, help me find out what is wrong with these robots.
00:24Dr. Lanning suggested robots might naturally evolve.
00:28I was hoping to see you again, detective. Think of me as your friend.
00:31Many on social media called out the uncanny resemblance that all three of Tesla's planned
00:36robot offerings have to similar products in iRobot, which is set in 2035 Chicago.
00:41iRobot director Alex Proyas even weighed in on Sunday, posting on X, formerly Twitter,
00:46Hey Elon, can I have my designs back, please?
00:48And filmmaker Matt Granger, who worked as an assistant to Proyas on iRobot,
00:52posted in a seemingly now-deleted tweet,
00:55I too wish to offer my full-fingered u to Elon and his utter lack of creativity.
00:59Tesla had dubbed the event WeRobot,
01:02so there was seemingly some recognition of the cross-pollination of ideas.
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