Poll: 3 years from now, would you rather pay for $20K for FSD or $20K for Tesla Bot?

[Terminator857]

Elon said yesterday he expects the Bot be available for home purchase in 3+ years for about $20K. Think about how much is paid for house cleaning. Hopefully the bot will take over a significant amount of that duty. Although I'm sure Elon will promise it does long before it actually does.
Previous poll on this topic: Goof off poll: Which will come first: FSD or A.I. Bot in your home?

 

[JulienW]

Obvious since I can send my Bot to pickup pizza in my Tesla (or ANY car) then feed it to me while I watch a ballgame. Now go get me a beer Bot, take out the trash and don't forget to wash your hands afterwards.

Now if we can just get a non Elon $20k in non Elon time.

 

[Unclepaul]

Elon did not promise a $20k robot. Said he hopes to make them available for around that price.

 

[2101Guy]

Elon said yesterday he expects the Bot be available for home purchase in 3+ years for about $20K.

 

[2101Guy]

Elon did not promise a $20k robot. Said he hopes to make them available for around that price.

Thats they key with him. You nailed it. "did not promise". Whenever he says anything about any timeline...have to do like the engineers on this board have said. Double whatever timeline he says, then add 5 more to that. According to someone on here, thats how engineers do. They always over promise on timelines.

and when he says things like "cybertruck will be able to go across seas". You simply ignore likes like that.

 

[ElectricIAC]

Neither is in the lead.

 

[Tam]

Elon said...

Now that I see how FSD works, I am not buying FSD again, and I will not buy Tesla Self-walking robots!

"Musk has said that in the future robots could be used in homes, making dinners, mowing the lawn and caring for the elderly, and even becoming a “buddy” for humans or a sex partner."

Not that I don't believe the "sex partner" part because sex dolls have been used since the 1930s. They don't need to self-walk to fulfill their duty.

Beijing Olympics already had robot chefs and servers and delivering right to your table so that's not something new (but they look like machines and not like humanoids).

Not that self-walking can't be done because Boston Dynamics has already done it.

However, after buying Tesla self-driving, I am not taking the bait on the Tesla self-walking robot.

 

[nvx1977]

no.

 

[2101Guy]

For anyone impressed with Elon’s side show thinking his lil toy was so advanced..

From over a year ago….

 

[DJT1]

Buy the bot, and have it drive you in whatever car you want. And, wait in line for tickets, and pickup your food, do your errands etc.

 

[Supcom]

Teslabot needs only one command to be successful:

"Optimus, bring me a beer."

 

[ThomasD]

I think he should concentrate on getting the Cybertruck and Semi into production and scale that up first

 

[Cheburashka]

At these rates a microwave will cost $20K in 3 years.

There is no way that robot will cost that little even when they do end up selling it 15 years down the road.

 

[DanCar]

The Boston Dynamics dog costs $75K. I can see something that is intended for mass production costing $20K. Doesn't mean it will happen in a few years. More likely years later when utility has increased substantially.

This $75,000 Boston Dynamics robot 'dog' is for sale—take a look

Boston Dynamics' well-known robot, Spot, is available for commercial purchase. Michael Perry, VP of business development at Boston Dynamics, says Spot has "seemingly limitless" applications for businesses.

www.cnbc.com

 

[ThomasD]

What is the robot dog programed to do? Can it be used as a Service Dog for Disabled people?

 

[ThomasD]

It will be many years until Robots have the flexibility and dexterity of Humans and can perform like Humans in any task.

 

[Tam]

It will be many years until Robots have the flexibility and dexterity of Humans and can perform like Humans in any task.

Instead of sending humans into the site of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster to die, robots are sent in instead:

Robots come to the rescue after Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

More than 10 years after a powerful earthquake and tsunami caused a massive nuclear meltdown in the Daiichi Power Plant, Lesley Stahl reports on the unprecedented cleanup effort.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[2101Guy]

Didn’t Elon promise a $35k car?

 

[Daniel in SD]

Bot. It could drive both my cars.
Third car is a stick shift, I don’t think it will be that advanced in three years but I’ll expect a software update to enable it at some point.

 

[kabin]

Musk will come up with new ways to monetize the robots. I wouldn't be surprised if the $20k bot had limited features like 20lb lift limit, minimum fingers, no communications, upgrade option for special programming (caregiver lift assistance, repetitive tasks), etc..