The prototype waved and even took a few dance steps. He is 1.73 meters tall and weighs 57 kilos.
Finally, Elon Musk introduced the prototype of his humanoid robot, named Optimus. During the night of its opening, she greeted the public, walked with mechanical ease and did some dance steps. Tesla’s intention is to mass-produce it and market it for a few $20,000.
Optimus is inspired by humans, but it is also linked to the experiences learned by the company in the manufacture of its cars. “It’s going from a robot on wheels to a robot on legs,” said one of the technicians.
Its main electronic features are built-in viewers and sensors, wireless connectivity, audio capabilities and force transmission points to be able to carry or hold things, as well as move.
At an artificial intelligence event at Tesla’s offices in Palo Alto, California, Musk explained that the robot uses the machine learning software and the sensors developed by the electric vehicle company he runs.
The robot also launched its own official Twitter account. In it, the advances and updates that are added to its structure will be published.
In case they lose control, the Tesla Bots have an external mechanism so that people can stop them. And in the long term, robots will be governed by the laws of robotics written by the scientist Issac Asimov.
“It has hardware safety features that are important to protect both the robot and the people around it,” explained the mechanical engineer in charge of the project.
The humanoid robot that, among other things, is capable of watering plants, transporting boxes and moving metal bars, measures 1.73 meters, weighs 57 kilos, has a 2.3 KWh battery and connectivity to Wi-Fi and LTE networks.
As for the operating system that runs through its cables, it was confirmed that is powered by Autopilotthe software found in Tesla vehicles to be able to move around its environment and recognize objects.
An extremely curious detail is his hands, with joints and movements similar to those of a human. All these ergonomic details allow you to manipulate objects with relative ease, being able to load packages of nine kilos in each one.
“Eventually we may have a kind of android like the ones in science fiction movies like Star Trek The Next Generation. We could program the robot to be less robotic, more friendly, to learn to emulate human beings and feel very natural.”
Tesla Optimus Robot: what it will be used for
And while there is still much to improve in this field, Musk’s intention is to be able to manufacture a sufficient number of robots. to test them in Tesla factories and see if they are useful as workers.
During the presentation two models of the robot were shown. The first was a prototype deconstructed and stripped of its outer casing with all the cables visible that it has been able to move.
This is Bumble C and it is, according to Musk, a “raw development robot” that will end up becoming what Optimus intends to be in the near future.
While the second was a completely covered model, but not operational. This has needed help from Tesla employees to be able to move during its demonstration.
Optimus will be a “fundamental transformation for civilization as we know it,” Musk said before closing his introductory speech.
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