During Tesla’s “We, Robot” event last week, which TechCrunch covered late into the night, sources on the ground sent me a handful of videos of the

Tesla's main announcement coming from the company's recent "We, Robot" event was the Robotax i (or the CyberCab, we're still not sure about the name). But perhaps the biggest impression was made by Tesla's updated Optimus robots,

The robots' interactions were touted as a significant step forward in real-time response to verbal and visual.

The Tesla Optimus Robot is a general-purpose robot created by Tesla and showcased alongside the Tesla Robovan at the "We, Robot" event at the L.A. Warner B

One of the highlights of Tesla’s “We, Robot” event wasn’t the self-driving cars but the allegedly autonomous robots. Tesla’s Optimus bot isn’t new, but this is the first event where actual robots joined the stage—and the crowd—rather than a person in a robot costume. Or was it?

Elon Musk's Optimus robots were voiced and operated remotely by humans wearing special suits that translated their movements to the droid.

Tesla's Optimus robots, which served drinks and mingled with the crowd, were assisted by humans and "not yet fully autonomous."

Musk said the $20,000 to $30,000 robot could perform household tasks like mowing lawns and putting away groceries.