Original title: Musk pushes a humanoid robot: the price can be less than 20,000 US dollars to learn from the previous lessons
Tesla debuted its Optimus humanoid prototype at the AI Day 2022 event.
The humanoid robot Optimus weighs 73 kilograms. It has the same FSD computer and neural network technology connected to Autopilot as Tesla vehicles. It also uses the same chips as Tesla vehicles. It supports Wi- Me, LTE link and audio communication.
The Optimus humanoid robot has a total of 28 degrees of freedom. It adopts a more flexible spring load design and 6 types of actuators. The joints are designed with bionic joints to simulate the shape of human joints and tendons, and the hands are ergonomically designed., with 11 degrees of freedom.
Humanoid robot Optimus (Optimus) has some flexibility, with sensitive fingers, can clearly identify nearby objects, and complete some agile movements. For example, the humanoid robot Optimus (Optimus Prime) can carry things, water flowers, etc., and can also dance.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the target price of Tesla’s Optimus Prime humanoid robot “could be under $20,000”, which could include cooking, gardening, and even a companion.
The appearance of the humanoid robot Optimus has attracted a lot of attention in the industry. Of course, there are bearish voices too. A human resources expert pointed out that the world population is now 7 billion to 8 billion, human resources are still very rich, and Optimus (Optimus) human robot technology is very complex, it is difficult to complete a $10 an hour job .
“It seems that a huge amount of money has been spent on developing a bionic electric bird instead of directly developing an electric plane. Of course, Musk has become a ‘god’, and it is difficult to hear the voice of opposition.”
Currently, many companies have started to research in the field of humanoid robots, but this industry also faces many challenges.
For example, Boston Dynamics has been working in the field of humanoid robots for many years, and has key technologies of perception, navigation, intelligence and other high performance robots. His Atlas is considered the most agile humanoid robot in history, able to walk, run, climb, and jump over obstacles, and can also get up on its own after falling.
This makes Boston Dynamics well-known around the world, but Boston Dynamics faces the fate of being sold again and again, and its valuation is getting lower and lower.
Boston Dynamics was spun off from MIT in 1992 and was acquired by Google for $3 billion in 2014, but Google parent Alphabet sold it to SoftBank in less than three years.
SoftBank transferred its 80% stake in Boston Dynamics to Hyundai Motor for a price of 1 trillion won (about 917 million US dollars), and SoftBank, through its affiliates, retained 20% of Boston Dynamics’ shares after the transaction . However, compared to 7 years ago, Boston Dynamics’ valuation has not only improved, but has shrunk by almost 63%.
For the giants, Boston Dynamics is flashy, not only expensive, but also far from commercialization.
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