He said the Tesla Bot is intended to be friendly and eliminate dangerous, repetitive and boring tasks.
"eliminate dangerous, repetitive and boring tasks"
Why make Optimus a humanoid with human-like hands?
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Internet robot demos are pre-programmed or remote-controlled. He said Optimus is meant to be the first generally useful humanoid, with a hand at least as dexterous as a human's and then superhuman.
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He said yes. Technically, you can automate any task, but it requires a lot of specialized programming. Earth is already tailor-made for generalized humanoid robots.
"Yes. Technically, you can automate any task, but it requires a lot of specialized programming. Earth is already tailor-made for generalized humanoid robots."
Asked Congrats to @Tesla_Optimus team on another stellar update! The video gives us a peek at..., he said the new Optimus hand later this year will have 22 DoF
"The new Optimus hand later this year will have 22 DoF"
He says Optimus is a general humanoid robot meant to be backwards compatible with human tasks.
"It's really intended to be able to be backwards compatible with human tasks."
He says other companies are missing the AI brain and high-volume production.
"they're missing the AI brain and they're missing the ability to really scale to very high volume production."
He says no existing motors, actuators or sensors worked for a humanoid robot, so Tesla designed everything from first principles.
"We tried desperately with Optimus to use any existing motors, any actuators, sensors. Nothing worked for a humanoid robot at any price. We had to design everything from physics first principles to work for a humanoid robot."
He said the Tesla Optimus hand is so sophisticated that it makes a Fabergé seem simple. And it gives you a whole new appreciation for how incredible the human hand is.
"The Tesla Optimus hand is so sophisticated that it makes a Fabergé seem simple. And it gives you a whole new appreciation for how incredible the human hand is."
He said Tesla has world modeling for Optimus too, and it is essential for humanoid robot training.
"Tesla has this too for Optimus. As you say, it is essential for humanoid robot training."
Doing everything a human can do requires a humanoid; a subset of tasks is much easier. Hands plus forearm are most of the engineering difficulty, actuators had to be designed from scratch, and a humanoid is immediately backwards-compatible with a world built for humans.
"it turns out you need a humanoid robot"
He said this is just the V2 Optimus hand and the V3 hand is another level beyond it.
"This is just the V2 Optimus hand. The V3 hand is another level beyond this. Exquisite engineering."
He said body welding is already done by industrial robots, but general assembly of wiring, cooling tubes and interior panels is still done by hand because it needs fine motor skills and awkward positioning.
"Yeah, body welding is already done by high-speed industrial robots. General assembly of fidgety bits like wiring, cooling tubes and interior panels is still done by hand, because it requires fine motor skills and awkward positioning."
Internet robot demos are pre-programmed or remote-controlled. He said Optimus is meant to be the first generally useful humanoid, with a hand at least as dexterous as a human's and then superhuman.
"Optimus is designed to have full human dexterity"