Elon Musk's new humanoid robot 'Optimus' can wave Howdy, costs around ₹16 lakh
Emphasizing on the production of the humanoid robot, Musk said 'Optimus' is slated to bring more business to the company than the cars manufactured by Tesla.
Elon Musk finally unveiled a working prototype of the highly anticipated humanoid robot ‘Optimus’, after first teasing it last year, in the Tesla’s AI day 2022 event. The Tesla chief executive officer announced that the 'Optimus' can be priced less than $20,000 (around ₹16 lakh).
Emphasizing on the production of the humanoid robot, Musk said 'Optimus' is slated to bring more business to the company than the cars manufactured by Tesla. Interestingly, Musk sees electric vehicles as ‘fully sentient robots on wheels,’ and this new humanoid robot can be considered a branch of its car technology.
Pitched last year at the first edition of the AI Day event, Tesla informed that the the bot will be designed to be employed in the work that ‘people least like to do’.
Tesla marched the humanoid robot among the small group of audience who were physically present in the event held at the automaker’s Palo Alto headquarter in California. To the audience's surprise, the robot imitated the dance move which was done a year ago in AI Day first edition event by a person clad in robot dress while introducing the plan.
At the function, two prototypes were unveiled.
Bumble C, as shown in the above tweet, is the initial iteration of the Tesla bot that the company unveiled. It proved ground for Tesla’s first robot made with internal components. After Bumble C, Tesla displayed the first generation Optimus robot.
Although both the robots didn’t perform any notable task other than waving at the crowd, Bumble C indeed walked a few steps. Musk stated that it will develop in the coming days. Though the event played a video of the robot carrying a box, watering plants and moving metal bars in the Tesla’s factory.
Earlier, Musk had informed that this humanoid will not be dangerous, as its top speed of 8 kph will be slow enough to allow most people to run away if the robot malfunctions.