The much-anticipated humanoid robot Optimus will cost roughly $20,000, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who emphasized that it is still far from being fully functional.
Optimus still requires a lot of work to be improved upon: Musk
Musk stated that Optimus still requires a lot of work to be improved upon. It was proven at Tesla’s “AI Day” event, which was held at Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
According to Musk, current humanoid robots lack a brain and the ability to come up with their own solutions. He claimed that Tesla, in contrast, will aim to produce millions of Optimus, a “very capable robot.” He estimated that it would only cost about $20,000.
Tesla claimed to have built a robot prototype in February. The first prototype was revealed to the audience on Friday, and Tesla showed a video of it doing simple tasks at a production station at the company’s California facility, including watering plants, carrying boxes, and lifting metal bars. Musk and Tesla representatives concurred that a lot of work remained to be done in order to create a low-cost, mass-produced robot that could replace workers.
Toyota Motor and Honda Motor are two more automakers that have developed humanoid robot prototypes
Toyota Motor and Honda Motor are two more automakers that have developed humanoid robot prototypes. They can perform challenging activities like shooting a basketball. ABB and other manufacturers’ production robots are commonplace in the auto sector. Tesla is the sole business, though, driving the demand for a mass-market robot that may be used in production.
A new Tesla bot was hauled onto the stage by staff members. Along with a chip system, actuators for its limbs, and a 2.3 kWh battery pack carried in its chest, it will have components developed by Tesla. The robot is supposed to weigh 73 kg.
Musk claims that the event’s main goal was staff hiring, and the engineers on stage catered to a technical audience. The robot’s capacity to fall on its face without breaking was tested using crash-simulation methods, and the authors detailed how Tesla developed robot hands.