I really don't get all the critique of the Tesla bot. Yes, it isn't even close to a finished product. But it isn't meant to be. Not yet. But it is the development platform for an upcoming product. And like with software production, there is nothing as valuable as a working prototype which you can use to test all the aspects of the ongoing development. They also showed the second generation robot, with a lot of improvements. Most of all, in house designed actuators which are fit for industrial production. Because that is the goal for Tesla: to eventually sell it. In numbers, at a reasonable price. Part of the purpose of the event was to attract new developers. So any of the Ph.Ds who think they can do better: apply at Tesla!

Also the comments about the finger count were revealing. They don't grasp the ambition of Tesla. They are not trying to quickly get a new warehouse robot to the market, their end-game is the fully humanoid robot. That means 5 fingers. And a real AI for guiding the actions. Like with FSD, Tesla is betting big time that they can get reasonably close.