The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other products with mechanical precision, and cleans and mops the floor whenever needed.

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Tesla's price-to-sales (P/S) ratio currently stands at 13.3. Using that multiple, its Optimus unit would need to generate annual sales in the ballpark of $301 billion to be worth $4 trillion. That represents 6% of the total market projected by Morgan Stanley and only 4.3% of the market projected by Citi.

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A regional trash hauler is seeking 25-year pickup contracts from cities and counties in the southeastern area. It is also finalizing negotiations with a disposal company that uses AI and robotics to sort trash.

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Several people Bethesda Today spoke to also questioned whether the robot was necessary and a good use of taxpayer dollars.