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The director of the film 'I, Robot' is mocking Elon Musk for ripping off the film's designs for Tesla's new robot, dubbed Optimus, Robotaxi and Robovan. After the trio of robot products were revealed, people were quick to scrutinize them, with a host of people accusing Musk's company of ripping off the designs found in the 2004 sci-fi film 'I, Robot' starring Will Smith.

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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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