Tesla’s Optimus faces stiff humanoid competition at Beijing robot conference
Tesla’s Optimus faces stiff humanoid competition at Beijing robot conference
While Chinese companies last week showed off human-like robots playing the zither or grabbing sodas, Tesla displayed its Optimus humanoid inside a clear box.
Wait, you mean that person in a silver jumpsuit is competing against robots?
Humanoid? The requirements were clear... maximize the number of guns. How many guns are required to pick apples from a tree? Well if you got 10 apples, surely 10 guns right?
What even is the purpose of humanoid robots? Is there even a use case for it?
Creating mass unemployment.
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The idea is that there is untold trillions worth of existing infrastructure and tools that are designed to be operated by humanoids, so the hope is that by designing it close to a human form it will be able to perform task in an environment designed for human without having to design a different robot for each task.
Basically the idea is to create a robot that is good enough at doing a lot of things instead of one that is super efficient at one thing like the ones we use in industry right now.
There are a lot of use cases, but they all assume the robots reach a certain level of precision, speed and adaptability, which we are still far from.
Honestly I find it really hard to imagine a humanoid robot (at least without muscle induced mobility) maintaining an aircraft/plumbing and so on.
I can imagine the use case. I don't see this tech being anywhere close to maturity in this decade though. The amount of processing power would be CRAZY to deal with these tasks, no? Computer vision + motor skills. Add actual mobility to that. What would be the power source? Definitely not a battery! Would it be like a cable connected to a wall outlet or something?
“ Tesla displayed its Optimus humanoid inside a clear box, motionless next to its cars.”
I’m just amazed it wasn’t a dancer in spandex again
does boston dynamics have any significant competition?
Why would they name their robot after the second best autobot?
Everyone knows Ultra Magnus is the best one.
um no. jetfire!
I think this humanoid robot will be Elon's 'Sinclair C5" moment.
Dude I'd totally ride a C5 in 2024, that thing looks like it's a perfect alternative to those scooters that are everywhere. At least now you could use lithium batteries and beefier motors instead of the garbage they had back then.
Dude I'd totally ride a C5 in 2024
Just get a recumbent e-bike and slap some paneling around it.
With all the SUVs out there these days, I'd be worried about riding anything that low to the ground in 2024.