{"id":26163,"date":"2022-10-01T05:40:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T05:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=26163"},"modified":"2022-10-01T05:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T05:40:44","slug":"video-elon-musk-unveils-ai-humanoid-robot-optimus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/10\/01\/video-elon-musk-unveils-ai-humanoid-robot-optimus\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Elon Musk unveils AI humanoid robot &#8216;Optimus&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An early prototype of Tesla Inc.\u2018s proposed Optimus humanoid robot slowly and awkwardly walked onto a stage, turned, and waved to a cheering crowd at the company\u2019s artificial intelligence event Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Elon Musk unveils Optimus robot during Tesla&#39;s AI Day 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uv6ycIKggg\">https:\/\/t.co\/uv6ycIKggg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h0WdwtOwye\">pic.twitter.com\/h0WdwtOwye<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bloomberg (@business) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/business\/status\/1576024816402010112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the basic tasks by the robot with exposed wires and electronics \u2014 as well as a later, next generation version that had to be carried onstage by three men \u2014 was a long way from CEO Elon Musk\u2019s vision of a human-like robot that can change the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk told the crowd, many of whom might be hired by Tesla, that the robot can do much more than the audience saw Friday. He said it is also delicate and \u201cwe just didn\u2019t want it to fall on its face.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk suggested that the problem with flashy robot demonstrations is that the robots are \u201cmissing a brain\u201d and don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demo didn\u2019t impress AI researcher Filip Piekniewski, who tweeted it was \u201cnext level cringeworthy\u201d and a \u201ccomplete and utter scam.\u201d He said it would be \u201cgood to test falling, as this thing will be falling a lot.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNone of this is cutting edge,\u201d tweeted robotics expert Cynthia Yeung. \u201cHire some PhDs and go to some robotics conferences @Tesla.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeung also questioned why Tesla opted for its robot to have a human-like hand with five fingers, noting \u201cthere\u2019s a reason why\u201d warehouse robots developed by startup firms use pinchers with two or three fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk said that Friday night was the first time the early robot walked onstage without a tether. Tesla\u2019s goal, he said, is to make an \u201cextremely capable\u201d robot in high volumes \u2014 possibly millions of them \u2014 at a cost that could be less than a car, that he guessed would be less than $20,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tesla showed a video of the robot, which uses artificial intelligence that Tesla is testing in its \u201cFull Self-Driving\u201d vehicles, carrying boxes and placing a metal bar into what appeared to be a factory machine. But there was no live demonstration of the robot completing the tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employees told the crowd in Palo Alto, California, as well as those watching via livestream, that they have been working on Optimus for six to eight months. People can probably buy an Optimus \u201cwithin three to five years,\u201d&nbsp;Musk said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employees said Optimus robots would have four fingers and a thumb with a tendon-like system so they could have the dexterity of humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The robot is backed by giant artificial intelligence computers that track millions of video frames from \u201cFull Self-Driving\u201d autos. Similar computers would be used to teach tasks to the robots, they said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts in the robotics field were skeptical that Tesla is anywhere near close to rolling out legions of human-like home robots that can do the \u201cuseful things\u201d Musk wants them to do \u2013 say, make dinner, mow the lawn, keep watch on an aging grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re trying to develop a robot that is both affordable and useful, a humanoid kind of shape and size is not necessarily the best way,\u201d said Tom Ryden, executive director of the nonprofit startup incubator Mass Robotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tesla isn\u2019t the first car company to experiment with&nbsp;<strong>humanoid robots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honda more than two decades ago unveiled&nbsp;<strong>Asimo<\/strong>, which resembled a life-size space suit and was shown in a carefully-orchestrated demonstration to be able to pour liquid into a cup. Hyundai also owns a collection of&nbsp;<strong>humanoid and animal-like robots<\/strong>&nbsp;through its 2021 acquisition of robotics firm Boston Dynamics. Ford has partnered with Oregon startup Agility Robotics, which makes robots with two legs and two arms that can walk and lift packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryden said carmakers\u2019 research into humanoid robotics can potentially lead to machines that can walk, climb and get over obstacles, but impressive demos of the past haven\u2019t led to an \u201cactual use scenario\u201d that lives up to the hype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of learning that they\u2019re getting from understanding the way humanoids function,\u201d he said. \u201cBut in terms of directly having a humanoid as a product, I\u2019m not sure that that\u2019s going to be coming out anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics also said years ago that Musk and Tesla wouldn\u2019t be able to build a profitable new car company that used batteries for power rather than gasoline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tesla is testing \u201cFull Self-Driving\u201d vehicles on public roads, but they have to be monitored by selected owners who must be ready to intervene at all times. The company says it has about 160,000 vehicles equipped with the test software on the road today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics have said the Teslas, which rely on cameras and powerful computers to drive by themselves, don\u2019t have enough sensors to drive safely. Tesla\u2019s less capable Autopilot driver-assist system, with the same camera sensors, is under investigation by U.S. safety regulators for&nbsp;<strong>braking for no reason<\/strong>and repeatedly running into emergency vehicles with flashing lights parked along freeways.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, Musk promised a fleet of autonomous&nbsp;<strong>robotaxis<\/strong>&nbsp;would be in use by the end of 2020. They are still being tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">____<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O\u2019Brien reported from Providence, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An early prototype of Tesla Inc.\u2018s proposed Optimus humanoid robot slowly and awkwardly walked onto a stage, turned, and waved to a cheering crowd at the company\u2019s artificial intelligence event Friday. 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