Tesla is hiring "Data Collection Operators" to train its humanoid Optimus robot by wearing motion capture suits and mimicking actions, paying up to USD48 per hour. The job requires walking for over seven hours a day, carrying up to 30 pounds, and wearing a VR headset for extended periods. Employees must be between 5’7’’ and 5’11’’ tall, similar to Optimus' height. Tesla has hired over 50 workers for this role, using motion capture to train robots at an unprecedented scale. Despite some progress, experts like Animesh Garg from Nvidia Research suggest that Optimus may need millions of hours of data and significant investment before it can fully operate in Tesla's factories, with no guaranteed success.