Elon Musk Reveals Toughest Part Of Building Tesla's Humanoid Robot: 'Improving The Design Of Optimus For Ease Of Manufacturing...'
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday that the toughest part about building the company’s Optimus humanoid robot is improving its design to ease manufacturing and readying a complex supply chain for mass production.
What Happened: “The toughest part by far is improving the design of Optimus for ease of manufacturing and tooling up a complex supply chain, so it can be made in significant numbers,” Musk wrote in a post on social media platform X. The CEO was responding computer programmer John Carmack who expressed doubts regarding the near term utility of humanoid robots.
“Long term, driven be AGI, sure, they are going to be an enormous economic engine, but business plans that have them making a dent in the next five years seem unlikely,” Carmack said.
Musk responded by saying that Optimus is already doing some tasks in the Tesla factory and the scope of its ability is “increasing rapidly.”
Why It Matters: During Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting in June, Musk said that there will be at least one humanoid robot for every person in the world in the future, implying a total humanoid robot population of at least 10 billion or more, of which the EV company will have a significant share.
"While autonomous vehicle is a $5-$7 trillion market cap situation, Optimus is a $25 trillion market cap situation," Musk then said.
Musk expects to be able to sell Optimus at $10,000 or $20,000, at a lower price point than Tesla's cheapest Model 3 sedan, once it reaches high-volume production.
In July, the CEO also said that the EV company would have “genuinely useful” humanoid robots in low production for use within its factories next year. The company will “hopefully” increase production for other customers in 2026, he said.
Last month, the company showcased its Optimus bots at its robotaxi unveiling event in Los Angeles.
About 20 active robots walked through the crowd assembled at the event. Optimus poured drinks, handed out snacks, and performed dance moves. However, the robots were human-assisted to "some extent” to showcase the company’s vision at the event, Head of Engineering For Optimus Milan Kovac said in a post on X.
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Tesla's Optimus Bot Says Daft Punk Is Its Favorite Artist
When a robot says it loves Daft Punk, you know the future has arrived.
EDM.com has discovered a TikTok video in which Tesla's Optimus bot surprised a group of inquisitive attendees at the company's recent "We Robot" event with its top music pick: Daft Punk. Speaking with the group, the bot also said "EDM" is its favorite genre before referring to the legendary duo by name.
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The interaction added a dash of pop culture flair to the high-tech event, where fans had the rare opportunity to interact with Tesla's unreleased technology. The humanoid bot's casual nod to Daft Punk delighted attendees, especially since CEO Elon Musk has championed EDM culture in the past.
Tesla's affinity for the genre isn't new, but this latest news out of "We Robot" adds a new twist. Musk has hosted massive EDM-inspired events in the past, such as the "Cyber Rodeo" at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory and rave-fueled "Giga Fest" in Berlin, where techno became an integral part of the celebration. He has also flirted with part-time music production, releasing his song "Don't Doubt ur Vibe" back in 2020.
Tesla's affinity for the genre isn't new, but this latest news out of "We Robot" adds a new twist. Musk has hosted massive EDM-inspired events in the past, such as the "Cyber Rodeo" at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory and rave-fueled "Giga Fest" in Berlin, where techno became an integral part of the celebration. He has also flirted with part-time music production, releasing his song "Don't Doubt ur Vibe" back in 2020.
The "We Robot" event, held at Warner Bros. Discovery studio, was already drawing attention for showcasing Tesla's latest advancements in robotics and autonomous vehicles. However, the Optimus bots stole the show by roaming around the crowd, dancing and even conversing with fans in varying accents.
Their introduction hints at Tesla's vision for consumer-ready bots, with Musk predicting a future where these high-tech companions could be within reach for roughly $30,000.
Musk in June 2024 claimed that Optimus could enter limited production in 2025. He reportedly expects the bots to be available for households by 2027.
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Tesla Debuted Its New Humanoid Robot Inside This $6.85 Million Home in Los Angeles
The popular video shows the Optimus Robot watering plants, tidying up, carrying in groceries, even playing games with the family
Tesla chose this newly renovated Mediterranean-style home in Los Angeles’s Mandeville Canyon neighborhood as the backdrop for the debut of its new Optimus Robot, the first time its humanoid robot has been featured inside a home.
“Tesla chose our property because they liked the aesthetics and it worked well with what they were looking to showcase,” said listing agent Jason Peteler, of Revel Real Estate. “They rented it out for two days to do the shoot.”
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Tucked behind 10-foot gates, the 1979 house on Mandeville Canyon Road has been completely renovated and reimagined by developer Ori Ayonmike, founder of Wilshire Partners, Peteler said. Architectural details include clean lines, several glass and black steel doors that invite indoor-outdoor living, arched doorways, lots of natural stone and wood accents and curated wide-plank white oak floors.
“It’s a blend of Spanish and a blend of modern and in its own little sanctuary in Brentwood,” he said. “It was a complete ground-up renovation. The prior house had never been touched.”
Since the video of Tesla Optimus interacting with the home and performing everyday household tasks—removing groceries from the car, watering plants, playing games with the family and bringing in packages—debuted last month, it has generated 10.7 million views on X and 2 million views on YouTube.
“The robot can do anything, from household chores to making drinks and cleaning up your home,” he said.
Ayonmike, the owner-developer, found the property about 18 months ago, Peteler said. “He specializes in rehabbing properties and staying true to the neighborhood and giving the property a true revival.”
He has done five properties in the Los Angeles area in the last eight years, including his own home, Peteler said.
If He Only Had a Heart: Tesla’s Tin Man and the Love of Christ
The Optimus robot may walk, but only in Jesus can we follow the narrow road to our true home.
Tesla has released the prototype of Optimus (also known as the Tesla Bot). According to its website, this robot is “a general purpose, bi-pedal, autonomous humanoid robot capable of performing unsafe, repetitive or boring tasks.”
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Taking in the mail, doing the dishes, folding laundry and countless other tasks will now be able to be completed for you. Other promotional videos and material have referred to Optimus as a “friend” as well as a robotic task-completer.
“It will basically do anything you want,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “It can be a teacher. It can babysit your kids, walk your dog, mow your lawn, get the groceries, just be your friend, and serve drinks. Whatever you can think of, it will do and it’s going to be awesome,” he continued.
This “friend” will cost you $20,000 to $30,000 and be made available in the next few years. Its recent launch party has brought much feedback on social media. Many people are amazed by what the robot can do and are interested in purchasing it. Like many of the recent advances in artificial intelligence, the pitch is that you don’t have to waste your time doing things that you don’t want to do anymore.
It seems that each month there are new technological developments that are making the virtual reality of movies more and more real. It does seem that technology has no borders and that the advances will be never-ending. The “humanoid” of Tesla, as it has been called, is an opportunity to reflect on what these advancements mean for the human person, along with the question: What does it mean to be human?
Technology is not evil in and of itself, but there are clear cautions that we must take so that we preserve human dignity and remember the truth about human nature. A perfect place to start is with Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, Dilexit Nos (“He Loves Us: On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ”). It is a profound witness to the centrality of the Person of Jesus Christ in the life of each Christian and it also provides relevant content for the discussion of recent technology like Optimus.
Pope Francis comments on the context of our time by noting, “We find ourselves immersed in societies of serial consumers who live from day to day, dominated by the hectic pace and bombarded by technology, lacking in the patience needed to engage in the processes that an interior life by its very nature requires.”
The rapid nature of the growth of technology is an objective fact. It is an opportunity to be humble regarding what we can understand but also an opportunity to proudly proclaim that we are not measured by what we can accomplish efficiently. Our worth comes from our identity as sons and daughters of the Father. No machine or technology has that identity.
While there are tasks that technology can aid us with, small tasks often purify the human heart and bind us with others. The sacrifice that parents make to do the little things around the house out of love for their children is something that can’t be measured. The laundry, the dishes and packing lunches are small ways that parents show that they will choose acting for their children over their own comfort and wants. Their sacrificial love motivates the movement of their hearts.
Pope Francis references this in his encyclical:
He goes on to give several examples of such memories that captivate our souls. These experiences deeply define the human heart and showcase the need to cling to our humanity rather than technology. No advancement can replace the moment when a man proposes to his girlfriend or a woman gives birth to her daughter. No technology can take the place of the raw emotion involved in losing a loved one or experiencing the pain of watching a family member suffer.
“All of these,” Francis writes, “live on as precious memories kept deep in our heart.” It is the heart that must be re-captured in our times because the true friend that we all need is not a robot, but Jesus Christ. He is the one who reveals the true meaning of the human heart to each one of us. He shows us the value of doing the little things with great love. He is the one who shows that we are worth God’s very life — that is the heart of the matter.
Tesla Optimus Bots Funnily Work on a Big-Block V8 Tesla Cybertruck in Fantasy Land
Oscar Vargas, the virtual artist better known as "wb.artist20" on social media, continues to dream of automotive stuff that probably can't be made in the garage
Tesla recently held a massive event called 'We, Robot' on October 10, 2024, at Warner Bros. Studios Burbank in California, where it had the upcoming two-passenger battery-electric self-driving car known previously as Robotaxi and officially as Cybercab, with no steering wheel or pedals, driving folks around all night. They also introduced a single Cybervan that could reportedly haul around 20 passengers – as opposed to 20 Cybercabs that were autonomously running around the lot.
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However, those weren't the only highlights of the premiere – which many called disappointing because of the limitations brought by a two-passenger car with butterfly doors and no charge port because it relies solely on inductive charging. The reasons for the lukewarm reception were many – when is the Cybercab coming, and will it be allowed on the street without human controls? Why no charge port when inductive charging isn't widespread, or why is the robot van looking like a toaster were among the many queries.
Additionally, at the event, there were also a host of Optimus Tesla bots acting as hosts, with the general-purpose robotic humanoid under development at the company's R&D facilities named after the Transformers character of the same name and currently in its second generation. The latter was considered by Tesla to be developed enough to handle public duties at the event, but detractors again pointed out that they really 'can't do everything' and needed teleoperation and/or AI enhancements for the interactive demonstrations.
Well, on the principle of making fun of the fact that they really can't do everything, even the parallel universes of vehicular CGI have come up with an idea for Tesla Optimus bot use. More precisely, courtesy of a member of the imaginative guild of digital car content creators, the humanoid robots were put to good work by Oscar Vargas, the virtual artist better known as wb.artist20 on social media, who asked them to install a big-block V8 engine inside a Tesla Cybertruck!
side from the hilarious idea of using them as mechanics to morph an EV pickup truck into a high-powered big-block V8 machine, the Tesla Cybertruck isn't stock, either. Instead, it features loads of aerodynamic enhancements pointed out by the black elements on the white body, a lowered stance, a widebody kit, big Y-spoke aftermarket wheels and red brake calipers, plus louvers on top of the bed, a humongous wing and massive diffuser along with quad exhaust tips around the back. So, what do you think – is it a yay or a nay?
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Elon Musk shares bold prediction on humanoid robots that could make Tesla a ‘$25T company’
By 2040, there will be at least 10 billion humanoid robots priced between $20,000 and $25,000, Elon Musk said at the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, which began Tuesday in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh.
The Optimus robot is the humanoid robot under development by Tesla and could multiply the company’s valuation, according to Musk, who joined the conference via videolink.
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“Robotic taxis makes Tesla about a $5 trillion company,” Musk said. “The Optimus Robot, I think, makes Tesla a $25 trillion company.”
Musk also spoke about population decline, the need for “maximally truth seeking” artificial intelligence, and timing for sending space ships to Mars.
He said he believed instead some AIs were being trained to be politically correct, with some being built with a “woke, nihilistic, in my opinion, philosophy.”