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Elon Musk: “Right now we're struggling with the, the final design of the…”

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Well, harder than Starship. No, not Starship's hotter. Okay, so somewhere between a Model X and a starship. Yeah. Is it, is the, what's harder, the hardware or the software? Right now we're struggling with the, the final design of the hardware. Like I said, it's really primarily the hand. Not to just, just dismiss the rest of the robot. Rest of it's also important. But the hands. Are the hands inclusive of the forearm are a majority of the engineering difficulty of the entire robot. (10:06–10:15)

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