00:00The director of the film iRobot is mocking Elon Musk for ripping off the movie's designs for
00:05Tesla's new robot dubbed Optimus, Robotaxi, and Reboven. After the trio of robot products were
00:11revealed, people were quick to scrutinize them, with a host of people accusing Musk's company
00:16of ripping off the designs found in the 2004 sci-fi film iRobot, starring Will Smith.
00:30Many 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? And filmmaker Matt Granger, who worked as an
00:51assistant to Proyas on iRobot, posted in a seemingly now deleted tweet,
00:54I too wish to offer my full-fingered U to Elon and his utter lack of creativity.
01:00Tesla had dubbed the event WeRobot, so there was seemingly some recognition of the cross-pollination
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