I've been generally curious about the benefits of the humanoid robot form factor.
I'll admit I don't know much about the state of the enterprise robotics/automation market but it would seem like the market would be limited by the fact that:
1.) The companies able to afford such robots would have much higher throughput capacity requirements and would want to setup much more customized automation.
2.) The companies in the sweet spot in terms of lower throughput capacity requirements would not be able to afford the upfront cost of such robots.
I think the primary use case would be perhaps if these could actually get in the sub $100K-$150K range end cost wise which seems a bit far off given the complexity I'm seeing here. Perhaps the idea is to go for the long game?
It feels like a version with just the top half of the humanoid would be more interesting if it could cut costs particularly since this thing likely needs to be tethered for reliable power and communications in a factory automation setting.
Conveniently not labeled that the video is all at 4x speed. Using the “playback speed” menu to watch at 0.25x makes the human’s movements much more realistic and the robots movements much less impressive.
I think .25x is a bit slow, as .5x replay also looks reasonable, but you are right there is something like a 2.5–3.5x speed up. Makes the robot’s smooth motion much less impressive.
1) Tesla is only good at creating SPAMbots
2) Google owns lots of Tesla stocks
3) Humanity is completely braindead
or all of the above. lmao. :'O
The Video is CLEARLY fake AND Tesla having such huge amounts of money doing such a bad job at CGI makes me really wonder how stupid people have become. Lots of glitches, no need to be an expert to see that.
At 0:40 I see the sort task has magnets on the blocks.
I'm curious, dropped out of state school economics: for robotics types is "sort blue and green" something you should be able to pull of as an undergrad, given equipment?
Tesla can’t solve self driving, but it will produce a bot which can function in an environment which is a hundred times more open and chaotic than a road system? I don’t think so.
Unlike self-driving they aren't charging people in advance for something they haven't done, so I think this is fine. Plenty of companies are researching humanoid robots. I don't see why Tesla can't too.
This one does look quite impressive even if it is sped up a bit (find me a robot hand manipulation video that isn't).
Honestly the stakes are a lot lower for a humanoid robot IMO. There's a lot of risk around releasing FSD cars on public roads as opposed to testing out robots in a factory / controlled environment.
I'm actually really excited about the current state of robotics, and wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being the most impactful outcome of the most recent AI developments over the next 10-15 years.
I know there's a lot of hate for Elon Musk / Tesla, but at the end of the day he's just the money guy for some really great researchers out there.
somethoughts|2 years ago
I'll admit I don't know much about the state of the enterprise robotics/automation market but it would seem like the market would be limited by the fact that: 1.) The companies able to afford such robots would have much higher throughput capacity requirements and would want to setup much more customized automation. 2.) The companies in the sweet spot in terms of lower throughput capacity requirements would not be able to afford the upfront cost of such robots.
I think the primary use case would be perhaps if these could actually get in the sub $100K-$150K range end cost wise which seems a bit far off given the complexity I'm seeing here. Perhaps the idea is to go for the long game?
It feels like a version with just the top half of the humanoid would be more interesting if it could cut costs particularly since this thing likely needs to be tethered for reliable power and communications in a factory automation setting.
panick21_|2 years ago
The car has lots of compute power, likely they are sharing things with the car. The car has 5 cameras and a host of other sensors as well.
The car also requires the cost of a huge battery and tons of materials plus a lot of manual work for the interiors, plus cooling and so on.
Yes the robot has a lot more actuators and complex mechanical pieces but is that gone cost as much as 2 full cars?
What complexity do you think would be so costly here?
migueloller|2 years ago
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juancampa|2 years ago
cantaloupe|2 years ago
FakeTeslaBot|2 years ago
1) Tesla is only good at creating SPAMbots 2) Google owns lots of Tesla stocks 3) Humanity is completely braindead
or all of the above. lmao. :'O
The Video is CLEARLY fake AND Tesla having such huge amounts of money doing such a bad job at CGI makes me really wonder how stupid people have become. Lots of glitches, no need to be an expert to see that.
recursv_thnkng|2 years ago
refulgentis|2 years ago
I'm curious, dropped out of state school economics: for robotics types is "sort blue and green" something you should be able to pull of as an undergrad, given equipment?
7e|2 years ago
IshKebab|2 years ago
This one does look quite impressive even if it is sped up a bit (find me a robot hand manipulation video that isn't).
elfbargpt|2 years ago
I'm actually really excited about the current state of robotics, and wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being the most impactful outcome of the most recent AI developments over the next 10-15 years.
I know there's a lot of hate for Elon Musk / Tesla, but at the end of the day he's just the money guy for some really great researchers out there.
rayuela|2 years ago