Overview
- Musk argued that scarce elite clinicians, rather than funding, limit access to top-quality care worldwide.
- He said identical, factory-built robots could scale precision treatment across hospitals globally.
- He claimed Optimus could reach “frankly superhuman” accuracy and tackle highly complex procedures beyond human capability.
- Reports stressed that no medical version of Optimus exists today and the technology remains in early development.
- The remarks were made during a conversation with Baron Capital CEO Ron Baron and were presented as an aspirational vision, not a near-term rollout.