08-21-2021, 02:25 PM
https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-cla...s-12385705
Elon Musk has claimed Tesla will likely launch a humanoid robot prototype as early as next year, designed to do "boring, repetitious and dangerous" work.
The billionaire said the "Tesla Bot," which stands around 5ft 8in tall and weighs 125lbs, would be able to handle a range of jobs - from attaching bolts to cars with a wrench, to picking up groceries in shops.
It would also have a screen where a human face would be to provide "useful information", Mr Musk added.
Describing it as an extension of Tesla's current work to build self-driving cars, Mr Musk said the robot would use the same computer chip and navigate with eight cameras in a similar manner to the company's vehicles.
Okay, so they don't actually have a humanoid robot yet: instead, they just have a dancer in a suit .
Though, assuming that they do get this working, I'm really in two minds about it. On the positive side, this looks great for doing tasks that are too dangerous for humans, and it could do our boring household chores for us (if we could afford one ). On the other hand, it looks like it'd put a lot of people out of work ...
Elon Musk has claimed Tesla will likely launch a humanoid robot prototype as early as next year, designed to do "boring, repetitious and dangerous" work.
The billionaire said the "Tesla Bot," which stands around 5ft 8in tall and weighs 125lbs, would be able to handle a range of jobs - from attaching bolts to cars with a wrench, to picking up groceries in shops.
It would also have a screen where a human face would be to provide "useful information", Mr Musk added.
Describing it as an extension of Tesla's current work to build self-driving cars, Mr Musk said the robot would use the same computer chip and navigate with eight cameras in a similar manner to the company's vehicles.
Okay, so they don't actually have a humanoid robot yet: instead, they just have a dancer in a suit .
Though, assuming that they do get this working, I'm really in two minds about it. On the positive side, this looks great for doing tasks that are too dangerous for humans, and it could do our boring household chores for us (if we could afford one ). On the other hand, it looks like it'd put a lot of people out of work ...
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