Tesla robot walks, waves, but doesn’t show off complex tasks
DETROIT — An early prototype of Tesla Inc.'s proposed Optimus humanoid robot slowly and awkwardly walked onto a stage, turned, and waved to a cheering crowd at the company’s artificial intelligence event Friday. He said it is also delicate and “we just didn’t want it to fall on its face.” Musk suggested that the problem with flashy robot demonstrations is that the robots are “missing a brain” and don’t have the intelligence to navigate themselves, but he gave little evidence Friday that Optimus was any more intelligent than robots developed by other companies and researchers. “Hire some PhDs and go to some robotics conferences @Tesla.” Yeung also questioned why Tesla opted for its robot to have a human-like hand with five fingers, noting “there’s a reason why” warehouse robots developed by startup firms use pinchers with two or three fingers or vacuum-based grippers. “But in terms of directly having a humanoid as a product, I’m not sure that that’s going to be coming out anytime soon.” Critics also said years ago that Musk and Tesla wouldn’t be able to build a profitable new car company that used batteries for power rather than gasoline.
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