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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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damonbrodie
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I'm curious - are folks here impressed with the physical demo at the beginning of the presentation?
I'm personally surprised the demo was about the Bot walking. There is nothing really novel shown so far.
I'm personally surprised the demo was about the Bot walking. There is nothing really novel shown so far.
The most impressive thing was the perception view of the robot completing tasks imo.
Having it walk on stage was just proof the thing exists and can move.
Most factory workers are $50,000 a year. HR and tax overhead are a lot for a small company but not for a big one. 20-40% more for that.
but at $20k… even $80k an Optimus is going to be a good deal.
What's impressive is:
- how fast they went from nothing to something usable
- their vision on the foundation of how to get there
- The vision of where they're going
Knightshade
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I think going from very first actual physical prototype at all to an unaided bipedal humaniform robot walking in just 6 months is somewhat impressive.
THAT said- AP has been impressive for a lot of years now and the car still doesn't actually self-drive. Remains to be seen what the real time is from where they are now to actual mass production.
The knee as a four bar link I'm finding fascinating. I'd watch hours of deep dives like this.
I'd you want impressive, I think that they expect a full day work on a single charge is impressive. I've always expected that to be the biggest problem.
I'd you want impressive, I think that they expect a full day work on a single charge is impressive. I've always expected that to be the biggest problem.
I suspect they'll need to increase the charge amount. People who get a robot will want it to work 24 hours, not just a single human shift.
RationalOptimist
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GrandEnigma
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Considering Honda has been working on the ASIMO bot for over 20yrs, I would say what Tesla has done in 6mo is quite impressive.
Also, love all of the participants in this presentation.
Also, love all of the participants in this presentation.
TheTalkingMule
Distributed Energy Enthusiast
What problem are we solving tho? People and machinery can already run factories. If anything, this just creates the problem of another idle citizen needing support.
The primary goals of all Elon's efforts are obviously Mars-based. This thing will make great semi autonomous explorer landing on Mars to setup Boring rigs, building human shelter and other infrastructure.
I don't see the Earth based purposes.
The primary goals of all Elon's efforts are obviously Mars-based. This thing will make great semi autonomous explorer landing on Mars to setup Boring rigs, building human shelter and other infrastructure.
I don't see the Earth based purposes.
can’t wait for someone to ask about using LiDAR …
We literally just went through an global pandemic where the Optimus robot could have continued to run factories and would have avoided this entire supply shortage driven inflation rise
I don’t get how you can make the statement with a straight face
MartinAustin
Active Member
He's already aware that haters will opine that the robots are controlled by one person. We already regularly read that Tesla is "Elon Musk's company" etc.
Krugerrand
Meow
Some of you need to give your heads a shake.
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
Then you haven't listened to Elon, as well as not having any imagination.
From the start I was impressed. They are much further along than I expected. I was not expecting a product within five years. Now maybe something in two or three?
Reducing the cost of labor reduces the cost of living.
It used to be that a candle was so costly to produce that having light at night was something just for wealthy.
Now a lightbulb is is a nothingburger to purchase.
The displacement of labor does cause a temporary problem where the way which someone was making money to sustain themselves is no longer available. And it is a serious problem that needs addressing. But in the long term super cheap automated labor leads to cheaper goods and services for everyone.
Organic farming, which is better for sustainability reasons, could not economically feed the world today. But organic farming with Optimus labor could provide scalable cheap labor that would make everyone eating organic food viable.
BitJam
Active Member
This is Elon's Build Bot Better program.
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