Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s next major presentation – AI Day (“SHI Day”) – is being postponed to September 30 (it was originally scheduled for August 19 ) and noted that by that time Tesla expects to have a working prototype of the sensational humanoid robot Optimus ( another name is Tesla Bot). The Tesla CEO announced this in a traditionally laconic tweet.
Interestingly, Elon Musk originally named 2022 as the target year for creating a working prototype of the Tesla Bot.
Tesla AI Day pushed to Sept 30, as we may have an Optimus prototype working by then
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2022
Tesla first announced a humanoid work with a screen instead of a face – very similar to the robots from the movie “I, Robot” with Will Smith – at last year’s Tesla AI Day presentation. You must have seen the fiery dance with the actress dressed in a Tesla Bot costume and a bunch of memes that appeared after this unforgettable performance. In case you missed it, here it is .
At the Tesla Bot presentation in August, Musk promised that the robot is “friendly” – it is designed in such a way that people can overcome it or run away from it, if necessary. Its main purpose will be to perform dangerous and “boring” things that people least like to do. The code name for the work, Optimus , is an obvious reference to Transformers.
Just in case, we will duplicate the main characteristics of the Tesla Bot, listed at the presentation a year ago:
- Height – 172.72 cm, weight – 56.69 kg.
- A screen instead of a face to show various useful information.
- The ability to move at a speed of 8 km / h and lift objects up to 20 kg.
- It is based on the Dojo supercomputer and neural networks responsible for the ability to recognize the world and navigate in it.
Since the first presentation of Optimus, Elon Musk has repeatedly mentioned humanoid work – he promised to decentralize control over the work of the Tesla Bot in order to avoid an undesirable scenario with the uprising of machines and talked about plans to use robots in Tesla factories.
In April 2022, Musk announced plans to begin production of the first version of humanoid robots in 2023, and in May, Tesla stepped up hiring specialists to develop a “general humanoid software architecture.”
Elon Musk is known for his habit of giving unrealistic deadlines for projects (at the same time, he is also known for his determination and habit of getting things done). Optimus looks somewhat unrealistic, but Elon Musk’s teams have repeatedly proven that they are able to bring the most daring and fantastic ideas to life. Whether Tesla will finally be able to realize all the ideas within the framework of the Optimus project and release it to the market exactly as it is on the renders, time will tell.
