The embarrassing presentation of Musk’s Optimus Robot. Another sleight of hand
Tesla held its long-awaited “AI Day” on Friday, which featured an electromechanically driven autonomous bipedal humanoid robot (also called “Optimus”). The day was more of a party of embarrassment
Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tesla's goal is to be able to produce an "extremely capable" robot in large volumes that will cost around $ 20,000. The robot would cost less than a car and would have the capacity to produce millions of units.
Before unveiling the robot, Musk admitted that last year the company had done nothing to advance the idea of a robot:
“ I want to set some expectations regarding our Optimus robot. As you know, last year he was just a person dressed as a robot. But we've come a long way and… compared to that, it's going to be really impressive “. In fact, it is enough to see what has been shown to understand how much the Musk and Tesla project is behind expectations and competitors. Here is the video:
When the time came for the big reveal, it was a project comparable to previous Tesla revelations, such as the Cybertruck: clunky, unfinished, optimistic price and not yet available to the public, with little or no clue as to when production will begin. in series.
However, the demonstration included a robot, with its "internal organs" exposed, walking stiffly across the stage and slowly waving to the crowd. Then another robot was pushed out and held up by what appeared to be a base stand. He waved and waved his arms and legs as the crowd (which was reportedly made up mostly of Tesla employees) scrambled to take photos.
Optimus 'abilities are far removed from those of Boston Dynamics' robots, which do flips and parkour
And what Honda did … 22 years ago:
If you liked Tesla Optimus bot, you must LOVE Asimo, the bot created by Honda 22 years ago. #TeslaBot #Tesla $ TSLA pic.twitter.com/c4tfxjGC0l
– Elvis K
(@ElvisKYG) October 1, 2022
Not to mention the entire Softbank robotic program, which compared to the Tesla product, are decades ahead both in terms of mobility and its exploitation.
In short, Musk launches yet another hook, proposing a product that is absolutely not ready and asking to finance its development, lagging behind its competitors. How many will fall into the trap?
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