Visitors are viewing Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus Prime II at WAIC in Shanghai, China, on July 7, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images

Elon Musk has recently touted an audacious vision for Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot, positing that it could supplant most human surgeons within three years and surpass even the most elite practitioners in approximately five years.

In a November 2025 discussion with investor Ron Baron, Musk elaborated that Optimus could execute "very sophisticated medical procedures—any medical procedure, perhaps things that humans can’t even do because they’re too difficult," leveraging "superhuman precision" to democratize access to elite surgical care.

He further contended that this scalability—enabled by mass productio

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