00:00The director of the film iRobot is mocking Elon Musk for ripping off the movie's designs for
00:04Tesla's new robot dubbed Optimus, Robotaxi, and Rebovin. After the trio of robot products
00:11were revealed, people were quick to scrutinize them, with a host of people accusing Musk's
00:16company of ripping off the designs found in the 2004 sci-fi film iRobot, starring Will Smith.
00:21On the inside, help me find out what is wrong with these robots.
00:24Dr. Lanning suggested robots might naturally evolve.
00:28I was hoping to see you again, detective. Think of me as your friend.
00:31Many on social media called out the uncanny resemblance that all three of Tesla's planned
00:36robot offerings have to similar products in iRobot, which is set in 2035 Chicago.
00:41iRobot director Alex Proyas even weighed in on Sunday, posting on X, formerly Twitter,
00:46Hey Elon, can I have my designs back, please?
00:48And filmmaker Matt Granger, who worked as an assistant to Proyas on iRobot,
00:52posted in a seemingly now-deleted tweet,
00:55I too wish to offer my full-fingered u to Elon and his utter lack of creativity.
00:59Tesla had dubbed the event WeRobot,
01:02so there was seemingly some recognition of the cross-pollination of ideas.
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