Tesla Inc. used humans to remotely control some capabilities of its Optimus robot prototypes at a recent event designed to generate investor enthusiasm for forthcoming products, according to people familiar with the matter.

Tesla showed off its humanoid robot, Optimus, at the company's "We, Robot" event last Thursday. According to a Bloomberg report, humans were remotely assisting the Optimus robot prototypes with some functions.

During Tesla’s “We, Robot” event last week, which TechCrunch covered late into the night, sources on the ground sent me a handful of videos of the