Elon Musk wants to present the humanoid robot Optimus at Tesla AI Day. How realistic is the use in the factory?
Dusseldorf, San Francisco Optimus’ first appearance a year ago was embarrassing. An actor walked onto the stage in a robot costume, imitating the stiff movements of a machine, only to soon be dancing wildly to techno music. “It was obviously not a real robot,” Tesla boss Elon Musk stuttered afterwards. “But the Tesla Bot will become a reality.” In a year he wants to present a prototype to the world. Today’s Tesla AI Day should be the day.
The fact that the electric car manufacturer was developing a human-like robot surprised everyone at the time: analysts, experts, Tesla fans – and employees. According to an expert close to the company, the company’s own department for artificial intelligence (AI) knew nothing about the “Tesla Bot” at the time. Hundreds of developers and engineers in Palo Alto had been working on autonomous driving – but not on a humanoid.
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