The robot is folding by imitating the operator just offscreen to the right--so not quite as impressive as at first glance. However, being able to do this task with a nonrigid object is still pretty impressive.
Have Optimus do two more tasks and she might ask if there is a trade in policy.
Charged yesterday on 150KW charger in -23C/-10F. It went fine but the cable was as flexible as rebar. It was extremely hard to move and plug it given the temp and cable length.
I suppose I'd also be impressed if I saw a human still attached to it's umbilical crumpling up a T-shirt. Baby stepsThough, to be fair, it is closer to human dexterity than any other humanoid robot that I've ever seen fold a shirt.
...and better than some humans I've seen
Impressive! I was actually sort of dissapointed that Optimus didn't use something like Sheldon's shirt folder tool. (google it...)
Here's a good one:Super vague ‘start production as early as this year’ when it’s just the fifteenth of January but okay.
Panasonic announces new and improved 2170 chemistry:
My free articles are gone, maybe someone else can get some more information out of it:
Panasonic to Make Upgraded EV Battery as Early as 2024
Panasonic Holdings Corp. plans to roll out the newest iteration of its electric-vehicle battery cells with improved capacity as early as this year, the chief technology officer of its energy business said.www.bloomberg.com
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It's not that hard. We have had many videos of claw hands doing it already, some by competition from the last few weeks. Here is a video from 7 years ago:
Hold on. Musk manages cash flow like no other businessperson of whom I am aware. He's superior. But like any startup founder, he does not necessarily manage to maximize free cash flow in the short or medium term. If he believes that there is an opportunity available and his pocketbook allows, he will ramp up spending, FCF be damned. And P/L doesn't even cross his mind.I have never heard such a thing from Elon. Never! He DID say:
Of course I chose to use the India Times quotation, just for the sake of Gujarati support!
Elon Musk willing to bet Tesla's profits on driverless dream
Musk said on a conference call last week that Tesla has the wherewithal to sell cars at "zero profit" and then earn immense sums later off driverless software.economictimes.indiatimes.com
He definitely said 'zero profit' if necessary but NOT zero FCF. Tesla did not even sell original Roadsters at zero positive cash flow impact.
Go all the way to even Zip2 and Elon has been obsessed about cash flow. He is acutely aware that accounting profitability has no inherent survival value. Free Cash Flow does have survival value. Bankruptcy comes to those who have no cash. Profits, on the other hand, are relevant, but only when those profits enhance cash flow. Regularly companies with accounting profits and negative cash flow can and do fail. Companies with negative cash flow rarely can long survive, even with government ownership. Lest anyone does not understand that, most of those have some sort of fraud and/or accounting failures. Free cash Flow is harder to mistake, partly due to traditionally tighter accounting treatment of cash.
Elon NEVER understates the importance of cash flow. He's faced crises of cash flow with both SpaceX and Tesla and has, if anything, overstated cash flow risks.
www.cnbc.com
Which reminds me, the Delaware Chancery Court is about to rule on Musk's last comp package...
This is way beyond stupid. Clear dereliction of his duty as CEO. Oh my lord I can’t believe he actually said it. simply stunning.
Can someone graph Elon's percentage of TSLA shares over time? Is it lower now than it was during the prior compensation plan? Is it likely to reduce in the future without a new plan? I guess dilution for new fund raising is a possibility?
lol at the thumbs down repsonses. Delusional.
