More Job Losses in Robotics

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Thomas Messerschmidt

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Mar 13, 2026, 9:51:30 PM (2 days ago) Mar 13
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Hard times has hit the Tesla Diner in West Los Angeles. According to one website, “…gone is the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot (nicknamed “Poptimus”) that once served popcorn…” After only six months of employment at the new Tesla diner, this robot will join many Americans on the unemployment line.

The sleek and brooding ex-restaurant worker, Poptimus, said he will look for work elsewhere, possibly at the Tesla assembly line in Fremont. 

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Ralph Hipps

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Mar 14, 2026, 3:56:45 PM (12 hours ago) Mar 14
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what about the poor human that was teleoperating it from behind the curtain?

personally, I would never set foot in a tessler diner, or a tessler car for that matter.

or a swastitruk, ever!

R.
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