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Chronicles of Optimus, and Other Humanoid Robots: Technology, Business, and Social Dynamics

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I was fortunate enough to visit @1x_tech 's Sunnyvale lab this morning. Can confirm, it's not CGI! It was incredible to see EVE in action in real life, rolling about the office avoiding people and things, cleaning up coffee spills on the table, and picking up a shirt—all
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Clone Robotics is a humanoid robot startup that flies under everyone's radar; they have a uniquely innovative approach to the robot's body. The Poland-based company, founded in Nov 2021, is designing a human-like musculoskeletal body using hydraulic tendon muscles.
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The most impressive part of the recent Tesla Bot update video is the speed at which all the important aspects of the project are coming together. Quick glance at the timeline: Nov 2021 - AI Day: Elon announced his grand vision with some design slides, and Tesla began hiring for
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🚨Optimus is ready for field trials in the factories! New Job Posting: "To drive the deployment of robots for trial applications ... execute pilot applications of humanoid robots in various manufacturing environments ... cover multiple job sites and may require frequent travel"
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In 2023, the Tesla Bot made amazing strides. As we enter 2024, let's check the status of other players in this space. Healthy competition in the emerging technology sector is crucial for driving innovation.
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What an incredible journey 2023 has been for the Tesla Bot! Time to spotlight the highlights: January 21st: A video featuring the actuators team engineers discussing Tesla's unique, vertically integrated approach to designing and building actuators.
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Tesla has just posted a new job opening for a Production Supervisor to manage the actuator prototype production line. The person "will lead the team that assembles the most torque and power dense humanoid actuators in the world." @elonmusk said in the Q2 earnings call that the
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New Humanoid Robot : Unitree G1, price starts at $16k. ⦿ 4 feet 2 inches tall; much shorter than H1, at 5 feet 10 inches. ⦿ Up to 43 joint motors. It can run at 2 m/s (4.5 mph). ⦿ Weighs 35 kg (77 lb). ⦿ Unlike H1, this one is equipped with manipulators.
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NVIDIA just announced GR00T (General Robotics 003) A general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robot learning. It takes multimodal instructions and past interactions as inputs and produces robot's actions. GR00T works seamlessly with the rest of the NVIDIA tech stack:
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Meet AMBIDEX: an impressive bi-manual robot from NAVER LABS, a subsidiary of NAVER, Korea's leading search engine. You can safely high-five the robot at a speed of 5 meters/second.
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Jensen Huang today on Yahoo Finance: ⦿ Tesla is far ahead in self-driving cars. ⦿ Learning from videos directly is the most effective way to train these models. ⦿ The best way to teach AIs how the physical world behaves is through video.
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Each iteration, a step closer to the stars, a stride towards abundance.
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New Optimus video! 😮 ⦿ Sorting battery cells using end-to-end NNs; recovers autonomously from failures. ⦿ Currently being tested at one of Tesla's factories, with a continuously decreasing rate of human interventions. ⦿ It's also taking regular walks around the office.
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@Tesla_AI March of Nines.
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A University of Tokyo study uses GPT-4 to generate humanoid robot motions from simple text prompts, like "take a selfie with your phone." LLMs have a robust internal representation of how words and phrases correspond to physical movements.
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I spotted 12 Optimus bots in this short clip, excluding the one that is walking around. Each robot is being operated by a human teleoperator for data collection.
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How Optimus achieves side-to-side wrist wagging movement, as explained by robotics expert @GoingBallistic5 .
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Dr. Scott Walter @GoingBallistic5 met me in Zürich to do a hands on comparison of @Tesla_Optimus Gen 2 Bot and the Gen 1 Model that is shown at the Tesla Showroom im Zürich. We also discuss what is expected of 2024 for Tesla!
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. @ChrisCamillo has heard from his sources that @elonmusk , very recently, has 'become much more involved with the Optimus program, and he is laser focused on Optimus.'
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The next wave of AI is Physical AI. At COMPUTEX 2024 in Taiwan, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang presented their comprehensive ecosystem for robotics developers and companies.
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New humanoid robot startups are popping up like popcorn. A Chinese startup, RobotEra, just released a new demo showcasing new hands designed for their robot XBot (XiaoXing). The demo makes no claim of the robot being autonomous; it's probably teleoperated.
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Optimus isn't the only robot that the Tesla Bot team is developing. Two new job openings were posted today. One is for the team designing and building AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots), which are wheeled robots typically used for transporting goods within a factory or warehouse.
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🚨Tesla AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots) are coming! Look at these two job postings that are currently open.
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What was in the video that left @teardowntitan shocked? ⦿ During his visit to Giga-Texas, someone showed Sandy a "3-5 minute-long video" on their phone of a "vastly different robot" than what he had seen from Tesla. This could simply mean it was unlike any industrial robot he
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Elon accepts the challenge.
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@WholeMarsBlog All those listings were posted only six days ago for 13 different states. It seems like we'll be seeing Robotaxis on the roads before the 8/8 unveiling.
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Headlines vs. Reality: Unitree's G1 Edu price has doubled to $100k, from $50k just yesterday. The $16k version is marked "sold out."
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New Humanoid Robot : Unitree G1, price starts at $16k. ⦿ 4 feet 2 inches tall; much shorter than H1, at 5 feet 10 inches. ⦿ Up to 43 joint motors. It can run at 2 m/s (4.5 mph). ⦿ Weighs 35 kg (77 lb). ⦿ Unlike H1, this one is equipped with manipulators.
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Since this is uncharted territory, they are adopting a modular development approach. They began by focusing on the most challenging yet critical component: the hands.
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On Aug 19, 2021, @elonmusk presented his vision and concept design slideshow. He began by saying, 'The Tesla Bot will be real.' It seemed so pie-in-the-sky & quixotic to many experts and tech journalists, a lot of them expressed some mix of doubts, skepticism, and cynicism.
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A new demo from Tokyo Robotics shows how impedance control makes cutting wood with a hand saw easier. The robot can precisely adjust to varying resistance feedback caused by changing contact areas and wood grain consistency.
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New job posting: "The Tesla Bot AI team is seeking its first Technical Program Manager to drive end-to-end learning for bipedal robots." The end-to-end learning processes must now be mature enough to be fully operationalized for scale.
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Elon on the Tesla Bot in the latest Lex Fridman interview: ⦿ There are no off-the-shelf motors, electronics, or sensors available for humanoid robots. ⦿ Couldn't find a source of electric motors suitable for humanoid robots for any amount of money. ⦿ Ultimately, Optimus can
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The most striking aspect of Optimus development is how swiftly all the key aspects of the project are coming together. It blows my mind trying to extrapolate the rate of progress from the past 2.5 years to the next 3-5 years. Take into account the rapid advancements we're seeing
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The most impressive part of today's demo video is how Figure 01 has learned to self-correct its mistakes
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Tesla's Optimus vs. Boston Dynamics' Atlas Every time the topic of the Tesla Bot arises, people often mention Atlas by Boston Dynamics. Atlas showcases impressive acrobatics and dance moves and has the capability to carry heavy objects. For many, it seems to represent the gold
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Why opt for a humanoid robot for a task where a simple robotic arm would be cheaper and more efficient? I believe this task has been chosen by the bot team because it's the first of a series of tasks currently carried out manually at this specific facility. So, why hasn't it
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Another humanoid robot startup to watch out for. Mentee Robotics just released some impressive videos of their MenteeBot. Co-founded by MobileEye's CEO in 2022, the company aims to enhance productivity and daily operations for both households and warehouses.
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@Tesla Awaiting the machine that builds the machines that lead us to a world of abundance.
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University of Tokyo has developed a method for attaching living, self-healing skin to robotic surfaces using perforation-type anchors inspired by human skin ligaments. This breakthrough brings us closer to biohybrid robots that are adaptable and lifelike.
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. @adam_dorr : Humanoid robots will enter the market at $10 per hour, potentially dropping to below $1 per hour within the next 5 to 10 years. Over the next 15 to 20 years, the fundamental role of money could completely change due to the recursive nature of the disruption.
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The latest sensation in humanoid robotics: A new Chinese startup, MagicLab, has emerged. Their latest video showcases folding a baby vest and skewering a marshmallow with a humanoid upper body. No claim of being autonomous; it's likely teleoperated.
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Tesla Bot team is hiring again. All listings, including 62 for Tesla Bot, were removed after major layoffs. The category "Autopilot and Robotics" has been renamed to "AI & Robotics," with 30 new openings today. Some roles are for shared work for both self-driving and Optimus.
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I just searched for 'Tesla Bot' job listings and found that all the 62 positions available yesterday have been removed. Only 5 jobs are listed in North America. Europe: 1106, Asia: 93 Perhaps they're preparing for the reorg and possibly a hiring pause in North America.
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Chinese robot toy maker Leju Robotics has launched a full-size humanoid robot, Kuafu. It is integrated with Huawei's Multimodal LLM PanGU to understand natural language commands, plan tasks, and execute with bimanual coordination.
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France-based Pollen Robotics has released a new video showing two teleoperated robots teaming up for manipulation tasks. The company is aiming for collaborative development of robots with open-source hardware and software platforms.
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Check out who's featured at the top of Tesla's newly published Ecosystem chart. This is super exciting! Optimus 🦾🤖
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Jenson Huang at today's COMPUTEX keynote in Taiwan: "The next high-volume robotics product [following self-driving cars] that's going to be manufactured by robotic factories with robots inside will likely be humanoid robots."
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A key insight from a Roboticist working on Optimus: A majority of factory tasks are already automated. For the remaining tasks, it's just too inefficient to design/manufacture special-purpose robots. That's where humanoids come into play.
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Why opt for a humanoid robot for a task where a simple robotic arm would be cheaper and more efficient? I believe this task has been chosen by the bot team because it's the first of a series of tasks currently carried out manually at this specific facility. So, why hasn't it
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Inspired by OpenAI and Figure, UBTECH and Baidu have partnered to integrate large AI models into humanoid robots. Their demo features the Walker S robot folding clothes and sorting objects through natural language, using Baidu's LLM, ERNIE Bot, for task interpretation/planning.
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🚨 Elon on Optimus: "We have one major hardware revision—will be done by end of this year or early next. Then we'll move into limited production next year, for use in our factories. .. Next year we'll have over a thousand, may be a few thousand Optimus bots working at Tesla"
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New patent application for Optimus' knee: ⦿ The joint mimics human knee movement with a rotation range of 150°. ⦿ A single power-efficient linear actuator that drives the knee. ⦿ Processing Circuitry controls the leg movements based on real-time data.
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Another patent about the hardware of #Optimus . 🔥 It reveals Optimus's knee joint assembly, which is driven by a linear actuator. WO2024073135A1
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New pictures of Clone Hand! This is the first update from @clonerobotics since March 2023.
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Clone Robotics is a humanoid robot startup that flies under everyone's radar; they have a uniquely innovative approach to the robot's body. The Poland-based company, founded in Nov 2021, is designing a human-like musculoskeletal body using hydraulic tendon muscles.
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When the humanoid robot tied its shoelaces autonomously, it showed it's more than just a machine – it's got sole!
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Impressive paper from Stanford researchers: No VR rig for teleoperation. A humanoid robot [Unitree H1] is teleoperated by shadowing a human observed from a single third-person-perspective camera. Data captured from the bot's perspective is then used to make the bot autonomous.
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Torobo Hand v1 from Tokyo Robotics can grasp objects of any shape using torque and impedance control, without prior knowledge of their exact dimensions.
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Figure AI’s CTO, Jerry Pratt, quit last month and is now cofounding a new humanoid robot company. Pratt is a highly acclaimed researcher, known for his pioneering work in bipedal locomotion.
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Figure‘s CTO just quit and started his own humanoid company…
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The video shows teleoperated data collection for: ⦿ Laundry sorting ⦿ Organizing a shelf ⦿ Battery cell sorting
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New Optimus video! 😮 ⦿ Sorting battery cells using end-to-end NNs; recovers autonomously from failures. ⦿ Currently being tested at one of Tesla's factories, with a continuously decreasing rate of human interventions. ⦿ It's also taking regular walks around the office.
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Demos are easy, reliability is hard.
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Elon's comments regarding Optimus on Q1 Earnings Call: "We are able to do simple 'factory tasks' in the lab. We will have Optimus in limited production, doing useful work in the actual factory itself before the end of this year. And then, I think we may be able to sell it
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Check out who's featured at the top of Tesla's newly published Ecosystem chart. This is super exciting! Optimus 🦾🤖
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"Optimus will be amazing." The bot team is iterating at an incredible speed. In the next generation later this year, we will see twice the degrees of freedom in the hand and actuators for the hand positioned in the forearm. What other improvements could we see in the body?
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Optimus will be amazing
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. @OpenAI and @Figure_robot recently announced a collaboration, and just five days later, they’re showing an impressive demo. ‘Figure 01’ can now do tasks with natural language commands using end-to-end NNs, and engage in conversation about its reasoning with the objects.
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Optimus' shirt folding task was teleoperated, serving as an effective method for gathering training data. A job opening posted 2 months ago indicates that the bot team has been working on building a custom VR data-collection system. ⦿ "We are building a state-of-the-art VR rig
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Optimus can fold a shirt! It's tele-operated. Proves a few things, if they weren't clear from the last update: ⦿ Body/hands are highly capable of dealing with fine dexterity ⦿ The teleoperation system is intuitive and precise ⦿ Data-collection & learning will scale rapidly.
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Why would a humanoid robot benefit from a rotating torso and legs? Although not essential, this capability can significantly enhance the speed and efficiency of pick-and-place tasks.
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Data collection operations happen 24/7 in three shifts. ⦿ Maximizes prototype fleet utilization. ⦿ Accelerates the training, and design improvement feedback loop.
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3 new job postings today: Data Collection Operators ⦿ Walk a pre-determined test route daily for data collection ⦿ Able to walk 7+ hours a day while carrying up to 30 lb ⦿ Shifts: 8am-4:30pm/ 4:00pm-12:30am/ 12am-8:30am Seems similar to the demonstrator from May update video.
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"The hand is where the mind meets the world." @elonmusk said that the next-gen Optimus hand will feature 22 Degrees of Freedom (DoF), while the Gen2 hand has only 11, which does not include wrist movements. What DoF does the Gen2 hand lack compared to the human hand?
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The new Optimus hand later this year, will have 22 degrees of freedom, double that of the current hand. And the actuators will move almost entirely into the forearm.
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Fourier Intelligence has revealed their in-house built vision-based perception network. Here's GR-1 walking around and taking in the sights.
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Sanctuary AI CEO on Optimus and Elon: "If you think about why humanoids are a thing now, it's him [Elon], let's be honest." "Tesla is de facto #1 in building embodied general intelligence." "The faster that Tesla can make this real, the better it is for Sanctuary AI."
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It's been only 34 days since Optimus Gen-2 was revealed, delicately handling an egg. The learning system is progressing at an amazing pace.
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Optimus folds a shirt
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It's a teleoperated robot, not autonomous. It could be trained to do these tasks autonomously. Takeaway: this level of skill can be achieved with just 2-finger grippers. Optimus hand, with 5 fingers & 11 DoF, is extremely capable. The brain is the constraint, not the body.
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Mobile ALOHA's hardware is very capable. We brought it home yesterday and tried more tasks! It can: - do laundry👔👖 - self-charge⚡️ - use a vacuum - water plants🌳 - load and unload a dishwasher - use a coffee machine☕️ - obtain drinks from the fridge and open a beer🍺 - open
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On yesterday's earnings call, Elon was asked about the timeline for volume production of Optimus. Key takeaways from his answer: ⦿ A good chance of shipping some number of Optimus units next year, but there's uncertainty due to uncharted territory. ⦿ Emphasis on the
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Tesla's new video urging shareholders to vote prominently features Optimus. It's clear that Tesla envisions a bold future, with Optimus in the spotlight.
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AI and robotics is on the verge of transforming prosthetic limbs. Watch @AtomLimbs ' tech in action.
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Put this one in the 'not gonna age well' cabinet.
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On Aug 19, 2021, @elonmusk presented his vision and concept design slideshow. He began by saying, 'The Tesla Bot will be real.' It seemed so pie-in-the-sky & quixotic to many experts and tech journalists, a lot of them expressed some mix of doubts, skepticism, and cynicism.
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Jensen Huang 🔥: ⦿ "Humanoid robotics will be as common as cars are today." ⦿ "It will likely be the largest volume mechanical system the world makes." ⦿ "Over the next 2 or 3 years you're gonna see quite significant breakthroughs."
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Fascinating commentary by @karpathy from Nov 2022 on the rapid development of Optimus prototype and how Tesla possesses all the necessary ingredients to make this a viable, scalable humanoid robot.
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@Tesla "You need LiDAR and HD maps," they said, But Tesla's vision forges paths ahead.
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Korean company Rainbow Robotics has unveiled their new Mobile Manipulation Robot, RB-Y1. This design is highly efficient for pick-and-place operations in structured industrial settings. A bipedal robot would be an over-engineered solution for such applications.
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Digit – neither fish nor fowl. Watching @1x_tech 's EVE robots filling and moving totes made me question Agility Robotics' approach with their Digit robot. Agility's CTO said in a recent interview that for the next two years, they'll be mostly focusing on tote moving applications
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New demo video from @BostonDynamics : For the first time, Atlas is seen performing a practical task, and using 3-finger gripper hands. It's moving heavy suspension struts to a rack, also showcasing 3D representations of the item and hands from the robot's perspective.
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[Feb 2024] @jamesdouma explained how Optimus Gen2 lacked the dexterity to use some basic tools. "To be able to really mimic what humans do, we're gonna want that extra 10 degrees freedom or something in the hands."
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"The hand is where the mind meets the world." @elonmusk said that the next-gen Optimus hand will feature 22 Degrees of Freedom (DoF), while the Gen2 hand has only 11, which does not include wrist movements. What DoF does the Gen2 hand lack compared to the human hand?
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The most disappointing April Fool's jokes are the ones you wish were real.
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An Atlas copycat emerged 7 days after Boston Dynamics' unveiling. An obscure company released a video titled, "The new movement of Boston Dynamics' Atlas isn't actually that difficult." How could this have been achieved in just 7 days? Might it involve trade secret theft?
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New electric Atlas unveiled. 😵 The CEO wasn't kidding when he said, "A person can't do it." Unlike previous versions, the new Atlas is designed for useful work, aimed to be, "a robot uniquely capable of tackling dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks in real applications."
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In a recent interview with Bill Gates, @sama talked about @OpenAI 's intentions with robotics: ⦿ They've always planned to come back to robotics. ⦿ OpenAI put robotics on hold because they started too early, which hindered their focus on fundamental ML research, a necessary
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. @Figure_robot is raising $675M in a funding round at a $2B valuation. Notable Investments: Jeff Bezos: $100M Microsoft: $95M Amazon: $50M NVIDIA: $50M OpenAI: $5M Other backers include Intel, LG Group, Samsung, and ARK Invest.
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Researchers at The University of Tokyo have taught a humanoid robot to drive. It'd be easier to retrofit an old car with @comma_ai , but this is a fun way to experiment with musculoskeletal body and the learning system. [no sound]
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Kento Kawaharazuka / 河原塚 健人
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Our paper presented at Robotics and Automation Magazine is now on arXiv and YouTube! Toward Autonomous Driving by Musculoskeletal Humanoids: A Study of Developed Hardware and Learning-Based Software arxiv: youtube:
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Chinese company UBTECH Robotics released a demo of their humanoid robot, performing tasks at a NIO factory, showcasing hardware capabilities, including actuated neck and 360° rolling elbow. The company founded in 2012, went public in December in HK with a $5B valuation.
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NEW VIDEO! Optimus is walking around faster and with very smooth gait. The video is at 1x speed.
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Anand Swaminathan
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@Tesla_Optimus Everything is 1X speed :)
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Tesla plans to boost training capacity from 35k H100 equivalents today to 85k by year-end, about a ~5x increase from end of '23. This means: ✅ Quicker FSD iteration cycles ✅ Full utilization of HW4 with more complex models ✅ Rapid development on Optimus' World Model
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Optimus Engineer: 'The robot is not CGI in those pictures.' At this stage, CGI would require more work than just having a real Optimus teleoperated to pose for pictures.
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I have to say it again but the robot is not CGI in those pictures, for real.
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@_milankovac_ 2023 was full of exciting developments; the Gen-2 reveal was completely unexpected. Can’t wait to see what 2024 will bring!!
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What an incredible journey 2023 has been for the Tesla Bot! Time to spotlight the highlights: January 21st: A video featuring the actuators team engineers discussing Tesla's unique, vertically integrated approach to designing and building actuators.
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Elon on Optimus at the Q1 earnings call:
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Elon's comments regarding Optimus on Q1 Earnings Call: "We are able to do simple 'factory tasks' in the lab. We will have Optimus in limited production, doing useful work in the actual factory itself before the end of this year. And then, I think we may be able to sell it
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Elon discussed Optimus extensively at the 2024 Annual Stockholder Meeting. Key takeaways: ⦿ "We have two Optimus robots in our Fremont factory that are doing a task, which is taking cells off the end of the line and placing them in a shipping container." ⦿ "One major
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The arm, which includes the full forearm and palm, is 21 inches long and weighs only 1.6 lb. The hand has 37 muscles and 24 degrees of freedom, which allows it to grab almost everything that a human hand can.
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Figure AI is shipping robots! It’s probably going to the BMW plant in Spartanburg, SC. Figure AI and BMW announced a partnership earlier this year to train and test the Figure 01 robot. That’s impressive progress for a humanoid robot startup that was founded just 2 years ago.
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Brett Adcock
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Exciting news! Figure is shipping our first small fleet of humanoid robots to a client today 📦 🤖 Sunday starts a large-scale AI data collection effort to train our neural nets + robot starting to do useful work
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New video from Unitree claims to have broken the speed record for full-size humanoid robots with 3.3 meters/second, beating Atlas' 2.5 meters/second. It also shows off some dynamic coordination and stability.
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🚨Tesla AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots) are coming! Look at these two job postings that are currently open.
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A few other products coming too
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Elon thinks Optimus will end up costing less than half of a car. That's the cost to make a robot. The price or the equivalent monthly payments that customers will need to pay will be much higher, of course.
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Next, they're leveraging musculoskeletal technology to develop an artificial human torso. The Clone Torso will possess a rigid spine, an actuated neck, and complete the two fully actuated arms from shoulder to fingertips. We're yet to see a demo of the torso.
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OpenAI is hiring a Robotics Research Engineer to train multimodal robotics models. They have invested in Figure AI, 1x Technologies, and Physical Intelligence. Earlier this year, they announced a collaboration with Figure AI to develop AI models for humanoid robots.
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OpenAI + humanoid robots — we’re collaborating with @Figure_robot to expand our multimodal models to robotic perception, reasoning, and interaction.
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"Teleoperation fundamentally does not scale." — Jim Fan Using teleoperators for guiding humanoid robots for data collection is time-consuming and costly. Also, there are practical limits on the scenarios where Optimus can be deployed for data-collection in the real-world.
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Lead AIxRobotics Researcher at NVIDIA: "It is very non-trivial to set up the software to have 1st-person video streamed in and precise control streamed out." "Teleoperation is a necessary but insufficient condition to solve humanoid robotics. It fundamentally does not scale."
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Norwegian humanoid robotics startup @1x_tech closed $100 million Series B funding. The previous round was led by @OpenAI in March 2023.
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@TroyTeslike 1. Teleoperation for complex tasks like folding a shirt is a significant milestone for a newly designed hardware. It validates the hardware’s capabilities. Also, a robust teleoperation system sets the platform for high-quality, scalable data collection operations, which is
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Unitree G1: humans for scale.
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New Humanoid Robot : Unitree G1, price starts at $16k. ⦿ 4 feet 2 inches tall; much shorter than H1, at 5 feet 10 inches. ⦿ Up to 43 joint motors. It can run at 2 m/s (4.5 mph). ⦿ Weighs 35 kg (77 lb). ⦿ Unlike H1, this one is equipped with manipulators.
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Two training desks in the background of today’s demo video have 4680 cells on them. Those two Optimus bots are likely learning tasks involved in making a battery pack.
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Here's a vision of the future that everyone can support: a humanoid robot serving as a therapy partner, aiding in the rehabilitation of patients. Latest video by Fourier Intelligence, it's more of a concept showcase than a demo:
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