'I, Robot' director mocks Elon Musk for Tesla ripping off film for Optimus, Robotaxi: “Can I give back my designs?”

At Tesla's big CyberCab Robotaxi presentation last week on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, the company showed off the latest iteration of the Tesla bot, called Optimus, as well as a Robovan. The initial unveiling of the trio of robot products caused great excitement on social media, but quickly, praise turned to ridicule as the designs were scrutinized with many people accusing Elon Musk's company of ripping off designs found in 2004. fi film I, the robot Starring Will Smith.

Tesla dubbed the event “We, the Robots,” a play on the title of Isaac Asimov's 1950 collection of short stories on which the film is based, so there was some acknowledgment of the cross-pollination of ideas. However, many on social media have called out the uncanny resemblance that all three of Tesla's planned robot offerings have similar products to Alex Pray's film, which is set in 2035 Chicago.

Optimus, a general-purpose robotic humanoid Tesla is currently developing from which it takes its name. Transformer characters, similar to those found in NS5 robots I, the robot. But it was that Robovan (a self-driving people driver that looks like a robot delivery vehicle in the film) and Robotaxi (a self-driving taxi that looks like an Audi RSQ in the film) also ape similar vehicles. I, the robot Which has indeed inspired relentless mockery and even attempted backlash on social media.

Prayas himself tweeted on Sunday, “Hey Elon, can I have my designs back?”

Filmmaker Matt Granger, who worked as an assistant on the effort I, the robot tweeted, “I'd also like to offer Elon and his complete lack of creativity my full thumbs up 'Fuck You'.”