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Musk Envisions Tesla Robots Performing Surgery

Tesla's Optimus robots aim to perform surgeries with superhuman precision to expand elite care access and reduce costs, addressing the shortage of skilled surgeons.

  • Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, said Optimus, Tesla's humanoid robot, could perform very sophisticated medical procedures with `superhuman` precision and mass-produce top surgical skill in factories.
  • Public posts showed use of the phrase `Imagine a world where everyone has access to the best surgeons.` and social-media exchanges included Scott Adams' call for a robot hospital, with Elon Musk replying hours later.
  • Images and tweets referencing Musk and Optimus circulated widely, while Brian Wang, Futurist thought leader and blogger, and Nextbigfuture.com amplified the topic to 1 million readers on November 15, 2025.
  • Projected effects include enabling medicare for all affordably and making social-security services accessible, proponents present this as a concrete solution to expanding medical access.
  • The claim positions Optimus as a bold fix for scarce elite surgical skill, amid ongoing healthcare access debates about practical solutions to universal care.
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Elon Musk's mega bonus at Tesla is subject to a strict condition: he must sell at least 1 million human-looking robots. Musk is aiming high: his Optimus robots are supposed to eradicate poverty and replace jobs en masse. For now, they're mostly handing out candy.

·Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Elon Musk sees Tesla's humanoid robot "Optimus" as a business model with a social mission: in his opinion, the optimization of productivity and the solution of poverty lie with him.

·Berlin, Germany
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Fox Business broke the news in United States on Monday, April 28, 2025.
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