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Optimus Academy trains millions of simulated robots

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Tesla announced an Optimus Academy to train millions of simulated humanoids and tens of thousands of physical ones to close the simulation-to-reality gap, while NASA will let Artemis II astronauts bring iPhones to the Moon.

Reporting date: 2026-02-06 (not necessarily the event date)

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Optimus Academy trains millions of simulated robots
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Reporting date: 2026-02-06
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-06-optimus-academy
Claim: Tesla announced an Optimus Academy to train millions of simulated humanoids and tens of thousands of physical ones to close the simulation-to-reality gap, while NASA will let Artemis II astronauts bring iPhones to the Moon.
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- Welcome to February 6, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-6-2026
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