Tesla is employing people to help train its humanoid Optimus robot by wearing motion capture suits and mimicking actions that it will be expected to perform. The position, advertised as a “Data Collection Operator” on Tesla’s career site, pays up to $48 per hour and requires walking for over seven hours a day while carrying up to 30 pounds and wearing a VR headset for “extended periods of time.”
Employees must also be between 5’7’’ and 5’11’’ tall — likely to be in a similar range to Optimus’ projected 5’8’’ height. The official Tesla Optimus X account has previously teased what the role entails, and Business Insider reports that Tesla has hired over 50 workers for the position over the past year.
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