Tesla asks workers to train Optimus robots, tension grows in factories

Tensions are rising among factory staff at Tesla plants. According to what was reported by the website The Information, the reason would be the American company's desire to have Optimus robots, produced by Tesla itself, carry out many of the employees' current operations. But not only that: it would be up to the workers to train the automatons that could one day replace them. Optimus robots already carry out various operations within some of the company's factories, but the goal is to have the machines carry out industrial tasks autonomously, from start to finish.

In January, the giant's management had communicated to workers at plants in Texas and California the request to wear special suits equipped with motion sensors so as to record their daily activities to transfer the data to the robot's artificial intelligence and teach it to replicate manual tasks. Several employees expressed dissatisfaction and their reaction forced the company to change its management of data collection. Tesla then began hiring staff dedicated exclusively to this task and installing cameras inside factories to monitor operations. According to The Information, to avoid further friction in the workplace, logging activities have largely been moved to separate areas from active production lines. In these isolated spaces, workers wear helmets with cameras, suits and gloves with sensors to record precise movements while simulating assembly or sorting activities.