<div id="readability-page-1"><div><div><p>On Wednesday, <strong>Tesla Inc.</strong> (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO<strong> Elon Musk</strong> spoke about his primary concern with the company's ambitious <strong>Optimus</strong> humanoid robot program is ensuring he retains strong influence over the future &#34;robot army,&#34; not just the technical challenges of building it.</p><h2><strong>Tesla's Humanoid Robot Faces ‘Incredibly Difficult' Challenges</strong></h2><p>During Tesla's third-quarter earnings call, Musk explained that while Optimus robots can already walk around the company's Palo Alto offices, the real challenge lies in creating a robot that is truly functional in the real world.</p><p>&#34;Bringing Optimus to market is an incredibly difficult task … It's not like some walk in the park,&#34; he said.</p><p>Musk highlighted the complexity of building a human-like hand and forearm, which he described as harder to engineer than the rest of the robot.</p><p>&#34;The human hand is an incredible thing,&#34; Musk said, noting that fingers have different lengths, strengths and degrees of freedom for a reason. Making the hand and forearm is an incredibly difficult engineering challenge. It's more difficult than the entire rest of the robot, he stated.</p><h2><strong>Scaling Production Without A Supply Chain</strong></h2><p>Musk also addressed the massive manufacturing challenge of producing millions of Optimus robots.</p><p>Unlike cars or computers, there is no existing supply chain for humanoid robots, requiring Tesla to produce many components in-house.</p><p>&#34;Tesla actually has to be very vertically integrated and manufacture very deep into the supply chain, manufacture the parts internally because there just is no supply chain,&#34; he stated.</p><h2><strong>Musk's Concern Is Because Of Influence, Not Compensation</strong></h2><p>The CEO stressed that his main concern isn't personal profit but control over the future robot army. Musk said he wants to ensure strong influence over how the robots are used, even if he doesn't hold current control.</p><p>Musk said, &#34;My fundamental concern with regard to how much voting control I have at Tesla is if I go ahead and build this enormous robot army, can I just be ousted at some point in the future?&#34;</p><p>&#34;That’s what it comes down to in a nutshell. I don’t feel comfortable wielding that robot army if I don’t have at least a strong influence,&#34; he concluded.</p><p>In September, members of Tesla’s board of directors introduced a new compensation proposal for Musk that could reach up to $1 trillion. The proposal has received opposition from proxy advisory firms like<strong> International Shareholder Services</strong> and <strong>Glass Lewis</strong>.</p><h2><strong>Tesla Breaks Four-Quarter Streak Of Misses With Q3 Revenue Beat</strong></h2><p>Tesla reported third-quarter revenue of $28.10 billion, reflecting a 12% year-over-year increase and surpassing the Street consensus estimate of $26.24 billion.</p><p>The company's performance marked its first revenue beat after four consecutive quarters of missing analyst expectations.</p><p>Tesla said it plans to keep rolling out products that resonate with customers, including the Model YL, Model Y Performance and the new budget-friendly Model 3 and Model Y Standard editions.</p><p><strong>Price Action:</strong> Tesla shares slipped 0.82% during Wednesday's regular trading session and declined an additional 3.80% in after-hours trading, according to Benzinga Pro.</p><p><strong>Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings</strong> indicate that TSLA exhibits robust price trend across short, medium and long-term periods. More detailed performance insights are available here.</p><ul> <li><strong>Trump Turnberry Is ‘Our Monalisa’ Says Eric Trump As He Shrugs Off Millions In Losses— ‘We Don’t Give A…’</strong></li> </ul><p><em>Photo Courtesy: Robert Way on Shutterstock.com</em></p></div></div></div>

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<p>Elon Musk expressed concerns about retaining influence over Tesla's Optimus robot program during the Q3 earnings call. He highlighted the technical challenges of creating functional humanoid robots, particularly the complexity of engineering human-like hands. Musk emphasized the need for Tesla to be vertically integrated due to the lack of a supply chain for humanoid robots. He also mentioned his worries about being ousted from control over the robot army. Tesla reported Q3 revenue of $28.10 billion, surpassing estimates, but shares fell 0.82% in regular trading and 3.80% after hours.</p>

- Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed concerns about maintaining control over the company's Optimus humanoid robot program during the third-quarter earnings call.  
- He highlighted the significant engineering challenges, particularly in creating a functional human-like hand, and the need for vertical integration in manufacturing due to the lack of an existing supply chain for humanoid robots.  
- Despite a revenue increase to $28.10 billion, Musk's focus remains on influence over the future use of robots rather than personal profit, as he fears being ousted from control.

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Elon Musk Says His Biggest Concern With Tesla's Optimus Robot Army Is Losing Influence Over It: 'Not Like Some Walk In The Park'