Elon Musk the CEO of Tesla, unveiled the Optimus robot prototype.

The prototype of a humanoid "Optimus" robot was revealed by Musk. Musk acknowledged at the start of the presentation that they had a guy in a suit last year, but promised something much more impressive today. This prototype can do more than what was shown live, but the first time it operated without a tether, it was on stage. " Musk predicted it could hit a price of "probably less than $20,000" and later, in a Q&A session, explained that the experience of producing drive units for electric cars made them very good at building the artificial intelligence and the actuators necessary for robotics." 

Musk said that it would be possible to get capable robots into production by testing them in its factories. He claimed that the difference between the design ofTesla's design and other humanoid robot demonstrations is that it is made for mass production in the millions of units and to be very capable. The prototype was moved behind him by a team of workers. There are exposed wires and cables on the stage. Initially, the back doors of the stage opened to reveal a robot called "Bumble C" that walked forward and did a "raise the roof" dance move. Musk admitted that they wanted to keep it safe, not make too many moves on stage, and have it fall flat on its face. If you can, avoid another Cybertruck sledgehammer incident.

The company showed a few video clips of the robot picking up boxes. The prototype was held up on a stand and waved to the audience, showing the range of motion of its wrist and hand. The unit that was walked out and rolled off by a team of workers still contains everything Musk claimed, but it wasn't quite ready to walk. A prototype robot waves to the crowd. A prototype robot waves to the crowd. The initial robot was developed in the past six months. They hope to get this done within the next few months.Or a long time. Engineers hope to clear additional design hurdles within the next few months.

There is a 3kWh battery pack that runs on a Tesla SoC. Demonstrations focused on addressing the robot's joints, like its hands, wrists, or knees, showed how they processed data for each joint, then looked for the common areas in each design to find a method. Engineers say the human-like hands will make them more suitable for picking up objects of various shapes and sizes, holding a 20-point bag, and having a "precision grip" on small parts. The autopilot software was moved from the cars to the bot and retooled to work in the new environment. The motion captured people doing real-world tasks like lifting a box and then using inverse kinematics to repeat the movements.

Then "online motion adaptation" is applied to make it so these tasks aren't so rigid and can be manipulated to take into account an unstructured environment. The components of the robot are shown in the slide. The robot has a battery pack, a computer, and hands. "It will be a fundamental transformation for civilization as we know it," said Musk. He says that there are two orders of magnitude of potential improvement of economic output. At last year's Artificial Intelligence Day, Musk promised that the "Tesla Bot" would be "friendly" and potentially change the company's manufacturing business. Musk warned his fans not to expect the prototype to look like the one shown at last year's event. The robot is the most important product development we're doing this year, and Musk predicts that it will have the potential to be more significant than the vehicle business over time. 

" Future applications could include cooking, gardening, or even "catgirl" sex partners; Musk has said while claiming that production could start as soon as next year." Artificial intelligence experts warned against buying too much into Musk's claims. They've noted that other companies are much further along in developing robots that can walk, run, and even jump, but none are claiming to be close to replacing human labor. It's anyone's guess as to whether a production-ready Tesla Bot will ever see the light of day, as the company's history is littered with fanciful ideas that never panned out. The company is where it is today because of Musk's will. The prototype version of the robot will bolster Musk's claims of being the world's biggest robotics company. "