Elon Musk’s humanoid robot Optimus is getting smarter
In a video posted by Elon Musk, Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus is making significant progress with its swift and precise movements.
In one of Elon Musk’s countless daily tweets, the richest man on Earth posted a video of Tesla’s latest version of its humanoid robot, Optimus with the caption “progress.” The black-faced humanoid robot can now sort color blocks and do yoga with amazingly delicate movements.
Optimus was first introduced to the public at the company’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day event in 2021. The adult-sized robot is set to be about 173cm tall, 57kg in weight, and have a carrying capacity of 20 kg. According to the presentation made during the first AI Day event, Optimus would be “controlled by the same AI system Tesla is developing for the advanced driver-assistance system used in its cars.” The product’s proposed tasks are “dangerous, repetitive and boring,” such as providing manufacturing assistance.
Musk thinks that Optimus “has the potential to be more significant than the vehicle business over time” and will eventually do “anything that humans don’t want to do.” “Essentially in the future, physical work will be a choice,” Musk made the remark when the robot was first announced in 2021. “It has profound implications for the economy, given that the economy at its foundational level is labor.” He also told his employees that Optimus was the key to turning Tesla into a $10 trillion company.
The humanoid was originally developed to replace low-skilled labor and carry out human tasks, ranging from shopping in a supermarket to working on factory production lines. At last year’s Tesla AI Day, Musk said deliveries could occur within three to five years, although many think the claim was too ambitious.
The video ends with a call for more engineers to join the Tesla Optimus team as the project needs more talent. There are currently over 50 openings on Tesla’s recruitment site.
