Elon Musk touts Tesla's Optimus robot, but experts doubt it's the next big thing
the humanoid would one day change the way people live and work — but some experts are less optimistic.
"There is nothing particularly surprising about it and every company with sufficient budget could put together similar demo in a few months," Piekniewski said. Davide Scaramuzza, director of the Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich, said the robot demonstration was"better than expected" ∏— but only because last year Tesla revealed its plans for a humanoid robot by using a person dressed up in a robot costume. a prototype of the Optimus bot walked slowly onto the stage and waved to the audience. Musk said it was the first time the bot had walked"without any support.
A demo video at the event also showed the bot picking up and carrying boxes in Tesla's Fremont, California, factory as well as watering plants.Christian Hubicki, a robotics professor at Florida State University, and Scaramuzza, the professor at the University of Zurich, both told Insider the live demonstration seemed heavily scripted and controlled. Cynthia Yeung, head of product at Plus One Robotics, said the bot was either pre-programmed to run the routine or tele-operated.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Elon Musk claims Twitter made whistleblower destroy evidenceElon Musk has alleged that Twitter officials ordered a whistleblower to destroy evidence of their missteps as part of a $7.8-million severance package at issue in a legal fight over the billionaire’s attempt to cancel a buyout of the social media platform.
Read more »
What Elon Musk's Twitter could look likeListen to the latest episode of Axios' How it Happened podcast Elon Musk vs. Twitter
Read more »
Elon Musk accuses Twitter of refusing his renewed offer at original priceElon Musk accuses Twitter of failing to accept his restored offer to purchase the social media platform at the original price of $54.20 per share.
Read more »
Musk's Proposal for China-Taiwan Relations Gets Slammed: Our Freedom Is ‘Not for Sale'Elon Musk has weighed in on China-Taiwan relations, and Taiwanese politicians are not impressed.
Read more »
Elon Musk addresses estrangement from daughter Vivian: ‘Can’t win them all’Four months after Vivian was granted a name and gender change, Musk gushed about his “very good relationships with all” of his other children.
Read more »