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Tesla's Robot Optimus Goes Viral After Massive Fail - Elon Musk Gets Trolled

Summary by IBTimes UK
The funniest fail of 2025 went viral, with very little competition, as a video of Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus falling during a public demo in Miami has trended across social media, leading to a lot of laughter and unsurprising criticism of the pace of robotics development. The comical, viral moment of Optimus losing balance and crashing occurred at a live demo event, which was ironically about showcasing robotic autonomy. Now, as critics poun…
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Image made in Grok by Merca2.0 The scene lasted only a few seconds, but enough to ignite the networks and revive a discussion that the industry has been avoiding for years: to what extent are humanoid robots as autonomous as their creators promise? And is that, during an event in a Tesla store in Miami, Optimus the humanoid robot of the company Elon Musk ended up on the ground after losing balance while trying to accommodate bottles, made by whi…

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Revista Merca2.0 broke the news in on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
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