Elon Musk faces skeptics as Tesla gets ready to unveil 'Optimus' robot

By Hyunjoo Jin
FILE PHOTO Elon Musk attends the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide Germany March 22 2022. Patrick PleulPool via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk attends the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool via REUTERS

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk blamed overreliance on factory robots for sending the electric carmaker to "production hell" four years ago, saying humans were better at certain jobs.

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