He said Tesla used rare-earth magnets sourced from China for the actuators in the robot's arms. The issue is that China recently started to require an export license for some rare-earth elements.

China restricts rare earth magnets export to India (File image) In what could be a major setback for Indian EV and component manufacturers, China has restricted the export of rare earth magnets to ...

Elon Musk said that "China wants some assurances" that rare-earth magnets supplied to Tesla for its Optimus humanoid robot wouldn't be used for "military purposes."CFOTO/Future Publishing via ...

The Chinese government earlier this month announced that it had halted exports of a number of critical rare earth minerals, as well as magnets, as its trade war with the US continued to escalate.

China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Shanghai Elon Musk ...

Paras Defence & Space Technologies Ltd, a leading Indian defense engineering company specializing in advanced Optronic Systems for Defense & Space, Defense Electronics, Electro Magnetic Protection ...

Researchers from Max Born Institute have demonstrated a successful way to control and manipulate nanoscale magnetic bits—the building blocks of digital data—using an ultrafast laser pulse and ...

Researchers have demonstrated a successful way to control and manipulate nanoscale magnetic bits using an ultrafast laser pulse and plasmonic gold nanostructures. (Nanowerk News) All-optical, helicity ...

How it works Artist’s impression of how an ultrafast disruption of superconductivity in a YBCO thin film triggers an abrupt magnetic field quench, setting off dynamics in a neighbouring magnetic ...

THE Japanese Navy has unveiled a terrifying new giant railgun that uses magnets to fire at 5,600mph. The futuristic hypersonic weapon was spotted on board the JS Asuka warship, as Japan ...

WaterField’s Magnetic Case for Switch 2 is now available for preorder for $89 to $119 depending on the material you choose, as is its $129 CitySlicker for Switch 2 which can be paired with an ...