Recently, when Musk participated in TED, he revealed the production schedule and estimated price of Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus, and also talked about the prospects of Optimus and humanoid robots in the future society.
Musk envisions how robots function in a home environment rather than a work environment, with host Anderson referring to Tesla's humanoid robot as some sort of personal butler, and Musk calling Optimus Prime more like a buddy robot with many useful applications and forms, including Catwoman.
Musk believes that while Tesla is mass-producing Optimus Prime robots, Tesla will see costs fall.
As for the price of Optimus Prime robots, Musk said: "I don't think the cost is actually going to be ridiculously high, such as lower than a car." ”
Musk didn't say what kind of car, though, and Anderson expects it to be about $25,000 (about 159,500 yuan).
Previously, in the Middle of Tesla AI Day, Musk unveiled Tesla's "humanoid robot", which is about 1.75 meters tall and weighs 56 kilograms, made of "lightweight materials" and looks smoother than human skin.
Musk introduced that the robot shares the AI system of Tesla Motors, and Musk believes that it makes sense to put the supercomputer that helps train cars to navigate the streets of cities without human help.
At the same time, the robot's face has a screen that displays specific information. It also has hands at the level of human activity, and the limbs are controlled by 40 electromechanical actuators. Both feet are able to sense and respond for balanced and agile movements, and can run at speeds up to 8 km/h.
Self-driving cameras will essentially act as a vision system for Tesla robots, while fully autonomous driving computers will serve as internal organs of the robots.
Moreover, as a humanoid robot that can complete repetitive tasks, it helps to solve the problem of labor shortage.
