Recent content by Soda Popinski

Do we know what Tesla has in their lab? I would expect Tesla to continue to improve their "FSD" too, so they may not fall so far behind the competition by the time those are deployed in the US.

Not that I expect this to happen, but I thought the initial idea of the "Tesla Network" was to have owners run their private cars as robotaxies. If that's the case, I would presume the owners would do the maintenance.

It is an interesting take on Tesla's "business model" - in that they do state a goal of robo-taxies, but unlike every robo-taxi company, are already getting revenue for the unfinished product. If they do get to robo-taxies, then that's even more revenue. My uninformed prediction is Tesla won't...

There are so many use cases for a humanoid robot, basically any physical job a human can do. The issue is making one actually capable and smart enough to do anything useful at a reasonable price. I think that's what was missing from Asimo. I doubt Optimus will be anywhere near that. In 5...

For what it's worth, Dr. Know-It-All speculated Optimus is running on a HW4 chip in his latest video. He noted the board only had one chip, instead of the usual two, and when he asked a Tesla engineer if they were using a new chip for it, they gave a somewhat surprised and guilty look, but no...

I sold my 2018 Model 3, and was a bit disappointed my new Model Y didn't come with the nicely flocked rear center console tray. I already ordered a front console tray I liked on Amazon, so I didn't want to buy the set from the Tesla shop. So I designed one, that has the option to fit card...

I suppose in a case like that, you could have excess cars from outside of the area drive into the evacuation zone to alleviate the shortage. Imagine a swarm of a million robotaxies driving in. That said, what will it be like if you want to go camping and don't want to unload the car...

Any chance they can just stop selling Teslas in Florida?

Why do you think they're making the Teslabot? Coupled with Neuralink, he's going to upload his consciousness into Dojo with the robots as his bodies, like Ultron.

If we're talking about Atlas, we should remember Atlas is hydraulically powered. That means a hydrolic pump, and a motor big enough to power it along with the batteries. Atlas is also incredibly strong. Strong enough to do somersaults. As long as TeslaBot doesn't need to do parkour, I think...

I've seen Honda's Asimo, and Atlas (along with other bi-pedal robots) as the DARPA Robotics Challenge a few years ago. I also saw very human hand like prosthetics while there. I don't see why building a humanoid robot would be impossible. My Neato robotic vacuum has a rudimentary LIDAR and can...

Looking at Boston Dynamics, I think their problem is they're essentially an R&D company. They're not set up for mass manufacturing, nor do they seem all that interested in it. You can already purchase Chinese made versions of "Spot" for far less than they're selling them for.

Anybody have any thoughts on how persistent those spacial RNN maps are? I'd be surprised if they have a long term persistence, but that would be really useful for oft travelled paths.

I look forward to being entertained by headlines about "Florida Car."

Might depend on the state. Looking at Nevada's DMV form for public use autonomous vehicles, it looks to be "self-certification." Just check off the box that says "Is capable of operating in compliance with all applicable motor vehicle laws and traffic laws of this State" along with a bunch of...