Elon Musk on Monday showcased the Tesla humanoid robotic referred to as ‘Optimus’ who greeted his followers with a ‘Namaste’, whereas performing a few yoga postures comfortably. Showcased for the primary time throughout Tesla AI Day 2022 in October final yr, Optimus was seen performing easy duties this time in a video posted by the X (previously Twitter) proprietor. Optimus is now able to self-calibrating its legs and arms. Utilizing solely imaginative and prescient and joint place encoders, the robotic can exactly find its limbs in area. It learns its duties easily, like sorting and un-sorting colored blocks, and its neural web runs totally on-board, utilizing solely imaginative and prescient.
After a protracted day at work for the humanoid robotic, “it’s time to stretch”, ending with a Namaste, confirmed the video. The robotic has the identical synthetic intelligence (AI) software program and sensors current in Tesla’s superior driver help system referred to as ‘Autopilot’ and it might price round $20,000 (roughly Rs 16,61,960). The humanoid robotic is made for mass manufacturing within the “tens of millions” of items. The robotic accommodates a 2.3 kilowatt per hour battery pack which is “good for a couple of full day’s price of labor”, runs on a Tesla chip, and has Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity, reviews The Verge.
The human-like palms are a “Biologically Impressed Design” that can make the robotic appropriate for selecting up objects of varied sizes and styles at factories and different services. “It’ll be a elementary transformation for civilisation as we all know it,” Musk had stated on the AI Day occasion. He stated the robotic may very well be priced “in all probability lower than $20,000”, as his crew moved a non-walking prototype offstage behind him. It will likely be in a position to carry a 20-pound bag, use instruments and have a precision grip for small robots. It is usually geared up with wi-fi connectivity in addition to audio help and hardware-level safety features.
— Written with inputs from IANS
