Afghan Boy explains everything you need to know about the Teslabot
Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles on barnacles, Elon Musk has done it again!
He’s only gone and made the most human-seeming humanoid robot of all time hasn’t he? No really, take a look for yourself:
That’s right, for Tesla’s “AI Day” Elon “unveiled” a real-life human being, dancing and dressed up as a robot.
He did of course admit that this wasn’t a real robot, and that this was just meant to be hilarious. But “the Tesla Bot will be real”, he assured the crowd. After all the Tesla Bot kind of already exists, just not in humanoid form, because as Elon put it:
Alright ! What is the Tesla Bot?
The robot is a prototype proposed for non-automotive use and is a testbed for the company's neural network and Dojo supercomputer.
Tesla Bot stands at five foot eight and is capable of intricate jobs such as attaching bolts with a wrench or alternatively, can handle shopping tasks such as picking up groceries from stores.
Elon Musk said the robot will be designed for human tasks that are dangerous, repetitive, or boring. He said that the prototype humanoid will drive a new future, one where "Physical work will be a choice."
How does the Tesla Bot work?
The Tesla Bot will weigh 125 pounds (56kg) with a carrying capacity of 45 pounds (20kg). The top speed will only be five miles an hour. With outstretched arms, it will only be able to lift 10 pounds (4kg).
The bot will have human-like hands, a screen on its face that will display information, and will have 40 electromechanical actuators in its joints. 12 in the arms, 2 in the neck and torso, 12 in the legs, and 12 in its hands.
Tesla Bot will leverage the company's full-self-driving computer, its cameras, and Tesla's AI routines - neural net, identifying objects, simulations etc.
When will we see the Tesla Bot in action?
Sometime next year according to Elon Musk. The company is betting that it will have a prototype ready next year, though no formal dates or expected release windows were shared.