Science fiction got closer when Elon Musk recently decided to deploy his Tesla robots in car factories.
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And, with Tesla Bots we speak, in short, of humanoid robots. They have human-like “bodies” that can use human tools, move like us, and use their senses to perform tasks like us.
It wasn’t long ago that the Tesla boss blamed “overconfidence” in factory robots for the major manufacturing problems he encountered.
People are better to do certain jobsElon Musk said at that moment.
– Yes, the excessive automation in Tesla was a mistake. To be precise, my fault. People are underrated, she wrote in a Twitter message after Model 3 production fell behind.
It’s been four years.
Now the tone is completely different.
For now, Musk is working on concrete and ambitious plans to deploy thousands of humanoid robots, known as Tesla Bot or Optimus, in his factories, according to Reuters.
Prototype inauguration
There must be a lot to talk about The huge industrial complex of Musk in Texas about humanoid robots and there will be many internal robot meetings, according to the news agency that has sources in the company.
On September 30, on the occasion of the company’s AI day, it will also unveil a prototype of the Tesla Bot that was developed as part of the Optimus project.
In a broader perspective, Elon Musk imagines that humanoid robots could be used in the home, for cooking dinner, mowing the lawn and in caring for the elderly. He thinks they will also be able to act as a “friend or sexual partner.”
Imagine millions of Tesla Bots around the world. This will become an industry that outstrips its auto industry in value, according to Reuters.
– Difficult to impress
However, there is no guarantee that the Optimus project will be a commercial success.
Because, while “normal” robots are widely used for specialized tasks in factories, large multinationals have struggled to create commercially viable human-like robots, despite decades of development efforts.
Musk has a lot to prove.
– If he just turns the robot around, or makes it dance, it’s already done. It’s not that impressive, Nancy Cooke, a professor of human systems engineering at Arizona State University, tells Reuters.
Tesla has to show robots that can perform several unscheduled actions, to convince, he says.
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