Elon Musk | "Our Cars Are Semi-Sentient Robots On Wheels...It Kind of Makes Sense to Put That Onto a Humanoid Form. It's Intended to Be Friendly, of Course...We're Setting It At a Mechanical Level...You Can Run Away from It."
Optimus Robots | “We are all going to be buying robots. They are going to cost around $30,000, you’re going to be buying a Tesla robot and anybody who does not buy a Tesla robot is going to be silly.” - Howard Lutnick - 3/19/2025