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Kim Kardashian was recently able to experience some of Tesla's upcoming technology firsthand.
The businesswoman and reality TV star posted a video of herself talking to one of Tesla's humanoid robots, Optimus, on Monday afternoon, writing, “Meet new friends.”
In the video, a white Optimus robot stood in the grass while Kardashian was off-screen. When she said hello, she waved.
kardashian The video showed that one half of a heart was formed with one hand, and the robot made the other half with its own hand.
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“Do you know how?” she responded.
Kardashian then seemed amused when the Optimus robot made a running gesture with its arms.
Kim Kardashian was recently able to experience some of Tesla's upcoming technology firsthand. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Nordstrom/Getty Images)
He also moved his arms in waves, making her say, “Oh, you're Hawaiian.”
The video, which had 8.1 million views as of Tuesday afternoon, was reposted on X by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk. He also replied with a sunglasses emoji.
Other footage posted by Kardashian on Monday night showed the Optimus robot sitting in the driver's seat of an open Cybercab.
“Hey guys, here's my vehicle. It's the new Tesla CyberCab,” she said in a second video, before acknowledging the robot (this one is gold) with “Hello, sir.”
She panned the camera to the wheels of the Cybercab.
“Oh my god, look at this edge,” she said.
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The video says, “Optimus is coming. [me] Take a ride in the Cyber Cab. ”
CyberCab and Optimus are both technologies developed by Tesla.
Musk introduced two versions of Tesla's robotaxis to the world last month at an event called “We, Robot”: the CyberCab sedan and the larger “Robovan.”
At Tesla's third-quarter earnings conference in late October, Musk predicted that the steering wheel-less CyberCab would “reach mass production in 2026.”
Musk said the robotaxi would cost less than $30,000. (Tesla)
“We aim to sell at least 2 million CyberCabs a year,” he said. “It will be done in multiple factories, but I think it will be at least 2 million units a year and eventually 4 million units.”
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Meanwhile, Musk is bullish about Optimus' potential.
He said in October that he believes Tesla's robot “will likely be the most valuable product ever created.”
Teslabot, a humanoid robot from Tesla's Optimus, will be exhibited at the 2023 World Congress on Artificial Intelligence to be held in Shanghai, China on July 6, 2023. (Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images via Getty Images)
His company is increasingly leaning into self-driving technologies such as Tesla cars and Optimus.
Tesla's current lineup of electric vehicles includes the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, and Cybertruck. The company also manufactures electric semi-trucks.
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| TSLA | Tesla Inc. | 338.74 | +18.02 |
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