Tesla AI Day 2022 showcased the company's capabilities in mimicking humans with their autonomous robots. In his opening remarks, CEO Elon Musk outlined the event's primary goal: involving the general public in Tesla projects, particularly Optimus Tesla Bot.
The Optimus project started in April with the idea of creating a completely autonomous humanoid robot accessible to the average person and is mass-produced and reasonably priced, as reported first by Interesting Engineering.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk introduced Optimus Unit 1, an autonomous humanoid robot that can be mass-produced, during Tesla AI Day 2022. The project started in April 2022, which means that the development only took six months in the making.
Six Months in the Making
Musk introduced the project's principal engineer and her aides. The prototype and the first production unit were constructed in approximately six months, according to the billionaire.
The strolling, dancing robot known as Tesla Bot is already looking after the plants in the automaker's corporate offices. The event demonstrated the prototype's autonomy, and it was not wired, cabled, or connected to any external computers in any way, as per Interesting Engineering.
Elon Musk's voice had activated a set of instructions that the Tesla Bot was carrying out. Musk revealed to the crowd that Tesla Bot enjoyed dancing, and the machine demonstrated that during its introduction.
The introduction of the robot to the public highlighted its self-activation and decision-making, which is an impressive feat considering that the team produced it in just a few months.
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Optimus Unit 1
The researchers played a video of the actuator moving a grand piano to show off the production unit, known as Optimus Unit 1, which, even though it isn't walking yet, has a greater range of motion and completely dexterous hands, according to Interesting Engineering.
Musk's goal from the very start is o mass-produce autonomous robots that can replace boring and repetitive tasks. Hence, Optimus Unit 1 was equipped with several manufacturing stages to turn this goal into fruition.
Six actuators with similar capabilities and shared components make up Optimus Unit 1, compared to the 27 actuators that made up the joints of the Optimus Tesla robot. There were common components and systems that could be mass-produced all around Optimus Unit 1 as well.
According to the engineers, the price of Optimus Unit 1 might be less than $20,000. Interesting Engineering claimed that Optimus costs less than any other humanoid robot to date, even though it may look expensive.
The two-hour-long engineering segment of the presentation covered every aspect of Tesla's autonomous technology. The talk highlighted how decision-making, higher order thinking, the unique chip and processor units, and all the technology that Tesla integrates into its cars are used to construct the autopilot, a standard feature in all Tesla vehicles.
The emphasis of AI Day 2022's engineering session was on enticing outside engineers, designers, and producers to aid Tesla's creation of autonomous systems.
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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla
