2023-06-02 08:00:05
After having a prototype for a year, Tesla Bot was unveiled in August 2021. It is a humanoid robot that is 1.7 meters tall, weighs 57 kilograms, and can lift and carry objects up to 20 kilograms.
What skills have you acquired?
The humanoid robot prototype can already walk reasonably fluently (although still not as fast as a human), recognize objects with reasonable ease, and pick them up, as can be seen in the video posted by Tesla that lasts about 65 seconds. and draw memories of the environment from the experience.
Bipedal robots are currently in fierce competition, as evidenced by Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot, which is already capable of somersaults and backflips. However, Musk wants the robot to be more useful and help humans with all those “repetitive, dangerous or boring” tasks. Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, presented the video at the company’s shareholder event.
In the demo, it becomes clear that the Tesla Bot has undergone significant improvements in terms of control, object manipulation, and artificial intelligence (AI) training based on human-tracked movements. And what probably strikes you the most is that humanoid robots can now walk in a straight line without the help of Tesla employees.
A breakthrough.
Remember how the robot could hardly make it through the company’s AI Day event in 2022, let alone perform any manual labor on the stage. The only thing he did was greet the public while being supported by a support.
The developments are significant; Nor should we forget the Tesla Bot, which demonstrated how objects can be taken from one container and placed in another container in a fully autonomous way, assisted by artificial intelligence.
A Tesla employee is seen moving objects from one bin to another in the 65-second clip, and the Bot is later shown doing the exact same thing. This illustrates how artificial intelligence is trained by observing human movements.
Months after that presentation, it seems that Musk’s robot is almost finished and will soon be a competitive and attractive product in the market. Compared to last year, public reaction has been significantly more favourable.
In the end, Tesla wants his humanoid robot to be able to perform “increasingly complex tasks”, with the intention of solving the crisis of human labor (factories, etc.). )
Multiple fully Tesla-made Bots now walking around & learning about the real world ????
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Although the robot’s mass production start date is still unknown, the company has indicated that “perhaps” they could start this year. However, there is no official statement or commitment in this regard, so it could still be several years before we see the Tesla Bot walking around our world.
Reference:.
Tesla Motors 2023 press release.
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