🤖 Tesla aims to ship Optimus humanoid robot units in 2025. 🔄 Gen 2 Optimus prototype has updates, including humanlike hand movements and a lighter body. 🚶 Optimus can walk 30% faster than its previous versions. 🤔 Main challenge is making Optimus do useful tasks; utility is still being worked on. 📉 Optimus has progress…
🤖 BMW partners with robotics startup Figure for humanoid robots in car production. 🚗 Initial small-scale launch in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with potential expansion based on performance. 👥 Robots designed to work safely alongside humans in manufacturing facilities. 🌐 Figure’s vision includes addressing workforce shortages and reducing unsafe jobs using humanoid robots. 📈 Tesla, Honda,…
🤖 Tesla’s Optimus Bot, showcased by Elon Musk, can now handle the task of doing laundry. 🔄 The Gen 2 Optimus, unveiled in December, exhibits new capabilities, marking progress since its initial unveiling in 2021. 🧺 Optimus is presented as a “general purpose, bi-pedal, humanoid robot” designed for tasks considered unsafe, repetitive, or boring. 🤯…
Key Points 🤖 Tesla showcased the Gen 2 Optimus humanoid robot with updated design and almost humanlike hand movements. 🎥 The demonstration video displayed the robot moving its neck and arms like a human being. 🤔 The Gen 2 Optimus prototype features custom-designed actuators, sensors, and a 2-DoF actuated neck. ⚖️ It is 10 kg…
Key Points 🚗 Tesla showcased its refreshed Model 3 “Highland” at the 2023 International Import Expo in China. 🤖 The display included Tesla’s Optimus robot and various other car models like the Model Y, Model S, and Model X. ⚡ Tesla’s booth featured a Supercharger stall and home charging equipment. 🔟 The booth highlighted ten…
Key Points 🤖 Tesla is progressing toward the production of the Optimus humanoid robot. 📋 Tesla posted a job opening for a Proto Production Supervisor to manage the actuator prototype production line for the Tesla bot. 🏭 The Proto Production Supervisor will work closely with Tesla’s manufacturing and design engineering teams. 🔧 The role involves…
Key Points 🤖 Tesla’s Dojo supercomputing cluster is expected to become one of the world’s most powerful by next year. 🚗 Dojo processes vast amounts of data for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system and Optimus robot. 🌐 It has potential applications beyond FSD and Optimus, including for motorcycles, bicycles, and boats. 🚦 Elon Musk has…
Key Points 🤖 Tesla’s Optimus robot can now autonomously sort objects using its neural network. 🎥 A video demonstration showcases Optimus performing self-calibration and sorting colored blocks accurately. 🔄 Optimus can adapt to dynamic changes in its environment while continuing to sort objects correctly. 🤹♂️ The robot can even correct the orientation of objects placed…
Key Points 😃 Tesla updated Optimus Bot production figures during Q2 2023 Earnings Call. 🤔 The number of built Optimus Bots is currently around 5 or 6 due to an issue with actuator supply. 🚀 Tesla is designing its own actuators for volume production, and the first production candidate actuators will be ready by around…
At AI Day 2022 event, the electric vehicle maker unveiled two humanoid robot prototypes that were part of the Tesla Optimus program. One was a unit built with off-the-shelf parts that was already walking and moving on its own, while another was built with off-the-shelf parts but still required human assistance. At the time, the…