Egg-citing! Tesla shows off redesigned $22,000 Optimus humanoid poaching an egg ... trends now

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Tesla's humanoid robot has come a long way - it was first revealed just as a human in a suit, and now, Optimus can poach an egg like a real chef.

The company shared a clip of its overhauled Generation 2 Optimus robot in a new video, showing the nearly six-foot-tall machine delicately picking up before switching hands and placing it down without breaking the outer shell.

The demonstration video also showed Optimus flexing its fingers, doing squats, and walking across the room - activities necessary for when it replaces humans in the workplace.

Elon Musk unveiled its robotics ambitions in 2021, teasing the humanoid robot using a person in a spandex suit.

A prototype was not revealed until a year later - but the machine was clunky and failed to impress investors.

Now, Musk seems to have ironed out some kinks with the Generation 2 model, which is 30 percent, allowing it to easily perform unsafe, repetitive, or boring tasks, which Tesla shared in the announcement posted to Twitter.

Optimus engineer Milan Kovac called Optimus II a ‘humanoid’ robot and said it ‘is much more capable and resilient than the previous ones.’

Its hands reportedly have 11 more degrees of freedom with ‘Tesla-designed actuators and sensors, which allows the bot to be more delicate and gentle when picking up items.

The video also says Optimus Gen 2 has ‘improved balance and full-body control’ and ‘tactile sensing on all fingers.’

Tesla’s senior staff software engineer, Julian Ibarz, addressed potential concerns that the video of Optimus Gen 2 is fake in a post on X.