Captkerosene
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Hearing on lex's podcast that Bot will be able to pick up and thread a needle (at least aspirationally) was very revealing. Dexterity is important in most of the physical labor we do. Opens up a whole new level of applications.
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Tesla Optimus Sub-Prime Robot
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Humanoid robots are here, but they’re a little awkward. Do we really need them?
Forget affable-appearing Rosey and Robby of sci-fi yesteryear; today’s humanoid robots are a bit more Terminator-esque. Do we even need them? Artificial intelligence pioneers weigh in.
“We want to be able to provide labor to the world, not just for one thing, but for everybody who needs it,” Rose said. “The systems have to be able to think like people. So we could call that artificial general intelligence if you’d like. But what I mean more specifically is the systems have to be able to understand speech and they need to be able to convert the understanding of speech into action, which will satisfy job roles across the entire economy.”
Agility Robotics co-founder and CEO Damion Shelton said the warehouse robot is “just the first use case” of a new generation of robots he hopes will be embraced rather than feared as they prepare to enter businesses and homes.
“So in 10, 20 years, you’re going to see these robots everywhere,” Shelton said. “Forever more, human-centric robots like that are going to be part of human life. So that’s pretty exciting.”
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Feels like these guys are at least trying to copy and learn from Tesla. But they do lack the entire FSD stack and vertical integration that Tesla had as a headstart so even if they managed to quickly get to autonomy day level performance, there is little talk about costs etc and they cannot be their own customer like Tesla can.
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Todd Burch
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Compare this video to the bots being trialled in the Amazon factory just a few posts up.
Or even to the bot from Figure.
Tesla is clearly well ahead.
Or even to the bot from Figure.
Tesla is clearly well ahead.
Knightshade
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I mean, the amazon robots were doing useful work in an actual factory floor. Teslabot not so much- nearest it gets is moving an egg.
Teslabot certainly LOOKS much cooler though.
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Now that we see V2 in December, has your thinking about version and quantity evolved? My guess is that Tesla won't do much quantity until V3, when they will have better lower body control and more refined hand-eye control to "thread the needle." V4? V5? The roles currently advertised still don't seem to suggest much manufacturing in the immediate future.
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Buckminster
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V2 has exceeded my expectations. Seems to be more than capable of working right now. Tesla priority is perhaps making improvements first though. Humans struggle to thread a needle, it's not needed for production work.
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