In 2022, he started working on Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program. Late last year, he was promoted to Vice President in charge of the complete Optimus program, as CEO Elon Musk began to tou ...

Kovac became the lead of the program in 2022 when he was appointed director of Optimus and Autopilot Engineering, and he took on the role of vice president in September last year. Bloomberg News ...

The head of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program, Milan Kovac, is leaving the company. Kovac said Friday in a post on X that he “had to make the most difficult decision” of his life to leave.

Boston Dynamics might have pioneered legged robots, but it’s now part of a crowded pack of companies offering robot dogs and humanoids. Only this week, a startup called Figure showed off a new ...

Milan Kovac, who leads Tesla's Optimus humanoid robotics program, is leaving the automaker. In a post on X, Milan talked about how he joined Tesla as an engineer for the core Autopilot team in ...

Tesla sued a former engineer for allegedly stealing trade secrets from its humanoid robotics program, Optimus, and using them to launch a rival startup. The lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday ...

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June 6 (Reuters) - Milan Kovac, the head of Tesla's (TSLA.O), opens new tab Optimus humanoid robot program, announced his plans to step down in a post on X on Friday. Kovac became the lead of the ...