With the current state of Twitter, it's a good idea for Elon Musk to be putting in more effort in his other companies like Tesla. Lately, Tesla's robot project "Optimus" has been seen in a Tesla store, although they're not exactly for purchase.
Tesla Robots on Display
Tesla has been developing a humanoid robot for some time now, showing off its capabilities in events and its improvements for each one. The Optimus robots are on display at the New York Tesla store in order to drive up sales through customer engagement.
The robot has demonstrated its abilities in expos but it is not yet ready for distribution. Regardless, it has already impressed its audience, especially when it was presented at the artificial intelligence expo in China, as mentioned in Interesting Engineering.
The reason for Tesla's aim to increase sales has been due to its poor performance in North America. The Tesla bot's appearance might be enough to intrigue potential customers, and some of them may even purchase a vehicle before they leave.
It might still be a while before the robots would be available for purchase. Tesla plans to have thousands of Tesla bots within its factories. Musk himself said that "it's not doing parkour, but it is walking around," which in itself is already an achievement considering its balance.
The tech billionaire believes that the Tesla bots would greatly benefit the manufacturing industry, even saying that in the future, physical work would be optional. "You can if you want to, but you won't need to," implying that Optimus will do physical work for you.
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What Can the Tesla Bot Do?
The one in the Tesla store won't be able to do anything. The actual ones, on the other hand, have a lot of potential in them. Tesla released a video in late May showing what the developments with the project were so far.
Although they're still slow, the robots can walk upright. The motor torque control has been demonstrated to show how it could jump up by itself, as well as have control over its landing by not breaking an egg that was placed under it.
It can discover elements in the surroundings using its camera and memorizing them as well. It will include factors like trees, paths, buildings, and other elements. With the data collected, it can create a 3D render of what it has seen after walking around.
Through human movements, the robot is trained to do the same. So far, the video shows how the robot can sort items out and place them in individual boxes. Tesla's goal is to make it able to perform more complex tasks than just sorting items out.
The development of these robots could be the start of a solution where humans would no longer have to take on dangerous jobs. For example, robots can be programmed to do construction jobs. Perhaps they can also perform mundane tasks like cleaning the house or dusting off shelves.
