Musk Reveals Tesla's 'Optimus Academy' Where Thousands of Humanoid Robots Train on Real-World Tasks
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-22
Polymarket reports that Elon Musk announced Tesla is building an "Optimus Academy" — a training environment where thousands of humanoid robots will practice real-world tasks and continuously improve by learning from their mistakes. The approach resembles scaled trial-and-error learning, letting Optimus units accumulate practical skills in actual scenarios as Tesla pushes toward mass production.
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