Odaily News Tesla is hiring "data collection operators" who will help train Optimus robots. The data collected will be their body movements, recorded with motion capture equipment. The position is posted on Tesla's job search website, with a salary of $25.25 to $48 per hour, and suitable candidates will need to "wear a motion capture suit, put on a virtual reality headset, and complete specified movements" at Tesla's factory in Palo Alto, California. The job, listed as a "Tesla Robotics" position, will advance Tesla's research into humanoid robots, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said are already deployed in its factories and offices. In other words, real-world data collection may eventually help the company automate human work. As Tesla begins using a small number of Optimus robots for internal operations, large-scale production by third-party companies will begin in 2026. The upcoming Optimus series of robots will face competition from other newcomers, such as the more feature-rich and capable Figure 02, as well as robots made by 1X, backed by OpenAI, for home and industrial use. (Decrypt)