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Ars Technica · September 26, 2026 · On the brief until October 10, 2026

Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements

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learning manual factory tasks through human motion tracking

Tesla asked factory workers to wear sensor suits to train Optimus humanoid robots, but employees pushed back against training their replacements. The company shifted data collection to dedicated teams while struggling with manual hand assembly and component alignment. This forces robotics and operations teams to rethink how they gather labor data from an existing workforce.

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Companies face operational friction when they require employees to generate the training data meant to automate their own jobs.

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