5/7/2023 0 Comments Poladroid robot![]() In fact, in addition to cars, humanoid robots are also becoming a reality, with Tesla launching a general-purpose humanoid robot (Tesla Bot) in 2021. Today's cars are increasingly like smart, web-connected robots on wheels. Here's an excerpt of Musk's post, translated for the Substack Beijing Channel from Chinese: ![]() Whether the company's development interest can survive what will almost certainly be a letdown after the recent hype (humanoid robots just aren't ready for primetime when it comes to performing a variety of common tasks in unstructured environments) remains to be seen. Most likely what Musk is doing is positioning Tesla to be part of the fight in coming decades. Of course that doesn't mean the market won't evolve, and with Amazon's purchase of iRobot it's a safe bet we're going to see a lot of marketing in that direction.īut it's a far trip from a robot vacuum to a humanoid robot, and a lot has to happen in terms of technology development and production cost to make that reality feasible. But that's proven a spectacularly frugal market, one that hasn't matured appreciably outside a few notable exceptions (iRobot's Roomba most prominent among them). In his post, Musk clearly emphasizes that the idea is to eventually target the consumer market with home robotics. Perhaps a more pertinent question is how a humanoid robot fits into Tesla's business model, and the answer isn't so clear. But advances in replicating bipedal gait made over the last decade-and-a-half, along with robotics controls progress from companies like Boston Dynamics, have paved the way for a new class of humanoid robots. ![]() The company's efforts have focused on machines with wheels, but is it really a far leap to put the same technology into a bipedal humanoid? Just a few years ago the answer would probably be yes, that is a pretty big leap. Tesla deals not only in the software underpinnings of automation (AI, neural nets, differential engines), but also in the hardware (sensors, actuators). While some of the big robotics players like ABB might take exception to the classification, it's a fair point.
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