Tesla engineers first introduced the concept of his Optimus robot at last year’s AI Day, but without a shred of physical work to show, he presented a dancer dressed in Tesla bot spandex instead. Since then, the company has been hard at work on the new prototype. The production model bot features customized Tesla actuators and is getting a special battery that can hopefully allow it to work for a full day on just a charge.
“There’s still much work to refine Optimus and prove it,” Musk said, adding, “I think Optimus is going to be incredible in a few years, like mind blowing.”
“We are trying to follow the goal of fastest path to a useful robot that can be made at volume,” he added, estimating that the Tesla bot could be commercially available within three to five years. Engineers also posited that when manufactured en masse, the cost should be much less than that of a car. “I would say probably less than $19,000 would be my guess.”
Engineers envisions Optimus robots eventually creating an army of productivity. “This means a future of abundance, a future where there is no poverty, where people, can have everything. It really is a fundamental transformation of civilization.
Engineers also believe that this type of technology should be for everyone, not just the private sector. “It’s very important that the corporate entity that makes this happen is something that the public can properly influence,” engineers say “So I think the Tesla structure is ideal for that.”
The Optimus robot is a super cool humanoid
Super cool epic robot!
