A Tesla researcher who worked on Optimus is planning to launch a humanoid robot in Europe

Former Tesla Optimus researcher Remi Caden is launching Universal Mechanical Assistant (UMA), a Paris-based humanoid robotics startup targeting European manufacturing, logistics, and domestic markets with a wheeled, lightweight robot using real-time learning. The company has 50 active client negotiations and aims to deliver a test prototype by year-end, backed by investors including Xavier Niel and Yann LeCun as adviser.

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