Tuesday, April 23, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors on a conference call reporting first quarter 2024 earnings that human robots The Optimus robot will be operational in the factory by the end of this year. and may be ready for sale at the end of next year.
In August 2021, at AI DAY, Tesla revealed that it is developing a prototype of the Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot. Or robots designed to look and work like humans next year? For helping with dangerous or repetitive work in place of humans.
Tesla postponed its AI DAY 2022 event from August to September because of delays in the Optimus robot prototype. At the event, Musk unveiled a prototype of the Optimus humanoid robot (dubbed Bumblebee) that looks similar. human Can walk a little Dance with simple moves and wave to the audience. The company also released some video clips of the robots performing other tasks, such as picking up boxes.
Later in December 2023, Tesla launched Optimus Gen 2 by releasing a clip showing that The robot can walk far. Squat down as if preparing to enter a sitting position. Move your arms and hands fluidly. Ready to pick up eggs and place them smoothly.
Companies have been developing humanoid robots for years, such as Japan’s Honda and Hyundai Motor’s Boston Dynamics, to replace humans in dangerous and tedious tasks such as transportation, warehousing, and trading. Retail and manufacturing
In February 2023, Figure, an emerging humanoid robot development company, revealed that it had raised $675 million (24,188 million baht) from leading investors including Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple. Amazon (Amazon) and Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos), founder of Amazon And in January, Figure partnered with BMW to bring multi-purpose robots to automotive production. The first phase will be at BMW’s manufacturing plant in Spartanburg. South Carolina, United States
In the performance report on Tuesday Musk claims Tesla is the closest to producing humanoid robots. for mass production It is claimed that the robot is effective in making inferences. which is an ability inherent in AI And the company has released a video of its second-generation robot folding T-shirts at its factory.
In January, Figure showed a video of its Figure 01 humanoid robot making coffee, and last week Boston Dynamics unveiled an electric platform for its humanoid robot, Atlas, which was shown twisting and turning. Move from lying down to standing and walking.
