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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 6:54 am
Elon Musk last Saturday lifted the curtain on a humanoid robot that the CEO of Tesla has placed so many expectations on that he is convinced that it could be more important in the future than the electric cars of the company he leads.
Covered in a tangle of wires and mechanical joints, the robot, dubbed Optimus, lurched across the stage on Saturday night and waved to the audience.
Musk, who served as master of ceremonies at the launch event for Optimus, says the robot is expected to hit the market at a price of $20,000.
Much more clumsy in its movements than the famous humanoid robots from Boston Dynamics ( capable of running, jumping and even dancing ), Optimus benefits, according to Musk, from housing Tesla's "Autopilot" technology within its bowels, which allows it to recognise its surroundings.
Optimus, a cheap robot that aims to be mass-produced
Videos released during the Optimus unveiling show the 73-kilogram (165-pound) robot lifting boxes, watering plants and moving metal parts at a Tesla factory.
Optimus was created with the aim of being a useful robot that could be manufactured quickly and on a mass scale. One of the developers involved in the creation of Optimus assured during the presentation that not only thousands but millions of units of the robot could be manufactured.
Musk is convinced that robots like Optimus can eradicate poverty on planet Earth and spread turkey number data abundance there. In the past, the South African entrepreneur has even suggested that robots could outperform cars in terms of production volume within Tesla.
When the Optimus robot was announced a year ago, Tesla had the idea of dressing a human in a robotic suit, which was the subject of a plethora of jokes on the Internet.
Boston Dynamics , the pioneering company in the field of humanoid robots with which Tesla will necessarily have to compete, was initially a subsidiary of Google and is currently part of the South Korean automotive giant Hyundai .
During the presentation of Optimus, Tesla took the opportunity to elaborate on the operation of the technology behind Tesla's "Autopilot" and its "machine learning" functionalities. The car company placed particular emphasis on the ability of Tesla vehicles to recognise the surrounding environment with the help of eight cameras.
Musk is confident that Tesla cars can drive autonomously, relying solely on cameras and avoiding the very expensive laser radars that other car manufacturers are relying on.
There are currently 16,000 Tesla customers in the United States driving a test version of the "Autopilot" system , which is designed to control vehicles in traffic jams and other simple situations, for example.
Although those who have already tested Tesla's Autopilot do not speak highly of it, the company intends to begin testing the software later this year in other countries , where testing has been delayed by local regulatory requirements.
Covered in a tangle of wires and mechanical joints, the robot, dubbed Optimus, lurched across the stage on Saturday night and waved to the audience.
Musk, who served as master of ceremonies at the launch event for Optimus, says the robot is expected to hit the market at a price of $20,000.
Much more clumsy in its movements than the famous humanoid robots from Boston Dynamics ( capable of running, jumping and even dancing ), Optimus benefits, according to Musk, from housing Tesla's "Autopilot" technology within its bowels, which allows it to recognise its surroundings.
Optimus, a cheap robot that aims to be mass-produced
Videos released during the Optimus unveiling show the 73-kilogram (165-pound) robot lifting boxes, watering plants and moving metal parts at a Tesla factory.
Optimus was created with the aim of being a useful robot that could be manufactured quickly and on a mass scale. One of the developers involved in the creation of Optimus assured during the presentation that not only thousands but millions of units of the robot could be manufactured.
Musk is convinced that robots like Optimus can eradicate poverty on planet Earth and spread turkey number data abundance there. In the past, the South African entrepreneur has even suggested that robots could outperform cars in terms of production volume within Tesla.
When the Optimus robot was announced a year ago, Tesla had the idea of dressing a human in a robotic suit, which was the subject of a plethora of jokes on the Internet.
Boston Dynamics , the pioneering company in the field of humanoid robots with which Tesla will necessarily have to compete, was initially a subsidiary of Google and is currently part of the South Korean automotive giant Hyundai .
During the presentation of Optimus, Tesla took the opportunity to elaborate on the operation of the technology behind Tesla's "Autopilot" and its "machine learning" functionalities. The car company placed particular emphasis on the ability of Tesla vehicles to recognise the surrounding environment with the help of eight cameras.
Musk is confident that Tesla cars can drive autonomously, relying solely on cameras and avoiding the very expensive laser radars that other car manufacturers are relying on.
There are currently 16,000 Tesla customers in the United States driving a test version of the "Autopilot" system , which is designed to control vehicles in traffic jams and other simple situations, for example.
Although those who have already tested Tesla's Autopilot do not speak highly of it, the company intends to begin testing the software later this year in other countries , where testing has been delayed by local regulatory requirements.