At the 2022 Tesla Artificial Intelligence Day, the appearance of a "heavyweight guest" ignited the atmosphere of the audience.
did not have a long prelude. He walked up to the stage from behind the scenes, waved to the "fans", and then performed several dance moves "click to the end".
Then, the organizer played several videos. In the video, the guest sometimes worked hard to carry boxes and sometimes patiently carries the plants, which caused heated discussions in the audience...
Please note that this "heavyweight guest" who appeared was not a big artist who likes to be a big star. It has a loud name - Optimus Optimus .
At the 2022 Tesla Artificial Intelligence Day, Musk announced Tesla's first humanoid robot Optimus prototype.
However, Optimus's debut seems to be not as amazing as people expected. It just waved slowly on the stage and then made several "dance-like but not dance" movements.
"The robot can actually do much more things than we show. We just don't want it to fall." Musk explained.
In addition, he also emphasized that the appearance of Optimus is actually the first time that a robot has stepped onto the stage without a tether.
Tesla also showed some videos of Optimus moving boxes and watering flowers, which seemed to prove that this robot is not as simple as people see.
Then, Musk showed another Optimus prototype, whose highlight is that its limbs and fingers are controlled by Tesla's self-developed actuators, which can achieve the movement of grasping with hands.
Experts point out that Optimus' robotics are designed "inspired by biology" to capture objects of various shapes and sizes.
Whether it is a 20-pound package or a small piece of fine parts, the robot can hold them with "precise grip".
Regarding the future of Optimus, Musk said confidently, "We will create a useful humanoid robot as soon as possible."
"humanoid robots" coming one after another
When it comes to "humanoid robots", perhaps most people think of the first thing they are in the Bumblebee, T-800 in Hollywood blockbusters, or a decoration in the science and technology museum.
In fact, with Qingbo, Xiaomi , Tesla and other brands launching related products, humanoid robots are no longer far away from our lives.
Although Tesla is full of gimmicks, the most powerful humanoid robot in people's eyes today is Boston Dynamics' Atlashml2.
As early as 2016, Boston Dynamics, which was still under the Google door, released a test video of the experimenter ruthlessly "beating" Atlas.
Although Atlas looks very sci-fi, its "toddler" walking posture and "not very smart" action mode will still bring people back to reality in one second, and even make netizens feel distressed.
However, the engineers' "ruthlessness" is obviously not due to bad taste. Every fall and collision of Atlas has become its ladder to progress.
Boston Dynamics' new video for 2021 shows that Atlas is not only "steady like flying", but also complex movements such as gymnastics, parkour are also not a problem.
What is even more surprising is that the new generation of Atlas no longer needs to set routes in advance, but rely on its own sensors to sense the environment and act independently.
Not long ago, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun also made a brilliant debut with his own "full-size humanoid bionic robot" CyberOne.
This robot is 177cm tall and weighs 52kg. It can move both feet and balance posture. Xiaomi said it can sense human emotions, imitate human actions, and perform three-dimensional virtual reconstruction of the real world.
In Lei Jun's view, CyberOne "takes artificial intelligence as the core and standard humanoids as the carrier. It is Xiaomi's exploration of the future technology ecosystem and a new achievement of Xiaomi's diversified integration technology system."
In addition, Qingbo Intelligent has developed High humanoid robot version 0.4 . It not only has a high simulated appearance and a flexible body, but also can conduct intelligent Q&A, navigation, jokes, dialect dialogue, etc., with unique functions.
Qingbo believes that high-quality humanoid robots need to strengthen technology from multiple angles such as speech recognition, intelligent interaction, knowledge base content, etc. must not only have a beautiful appearance, but also have an interesting soul .
It is not difficult to see that with the development of science and technology, humanoid robots are no longer just characters in movies or decorations in science and technology museums for us.
Just like the smartphones and VR glasses of the past, they may also enter and change our lives.
What is the wonderful use of "humanoid robots"
We know that whether it is a large industrial robot in a factory or a small special robot used to perform special tasks, they all have their own uses.
Faced with the crowds of humanoid robot products, we can’t help but ask this question: What can this kind of robot that is “like humans but not humans” help us?
If you spend a high price, just to enjoy the crappy machine dance, or to find a flower-watering assistant with unscrupulous hands and feet, it would be too luxurious.
However, Musk obviously did not think so. He believes that humanoid robots have a wide and unique application prospect.
In his opinion, Optimus can not only do those boring, dangerous, and repetitive tasks for humans, "as long as you want, maybe it can do something else...I mean, maybe it can become your partner ."
Musk also pointed out that over time, Optimus may awaken a unique personality , and "in fact, it will eventually become a very good companion ".
Not long ago, Tesla had written on its recruitment information, "Tesla is manufacturing humanoid bipedal robots on a large scale to automate repetitive and boring tasks."
Musk also claimed confidently, "The importance of Optimus will become more obvious in the next few years... Optimus will eventually be more valuable than the automotive business."
Although Musk's bold words are full of suspicion of "painting cake", there are indeed many experts who have a positive attitude towards the future of humanoid robots.
Some experts pointed out that under the trend of aging population in my country, the demand for medical and public health will continue to be strong, and the demand for service robot may expand.
In addition, due to the impact of the epidemic, a large number of face-to-face scenarios around the world have been replaced by contactless services, which has given rise to new demand for service robots.
Humanoid robots, as a type of service robot, may be able to achieve considerable market potential if they can grasp these continuously enriched application scenarios.
But no matter what the market prospects are, as far as the current situation is concerned, the field of humanoid robots still needs to be diligently worked by various technology giants.
As for whether humanoid robots are useful or useless, maybe time will tell us the answer.
Reference materials:
①Jiann. How does Boston dynamic robot "become a sperm"? Deeply savor the six-year evolution of Atlas, the King of Parkour. Zhidongxi.2021-09-01.
② Zuli. Lei Jun's CyberOne is a real humanoid robot? .Digital Intelligence World.2022-09-06.
③Shao Wen. The Tesla humanoid robot that has been waiting for a year has arrived. Musk is worried that he will fall. The Paper.2022-10-01.
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