According to the British "Daily Mail", on February 1, local time, Elon Musk shared a video on his social media X (that is, the former Twitter), in which his 6-foot (about 1.83 meters) robot Optimus Prime was walking in the Tesla factory floor, and netizens who were worried about artificial intelligence left a message saying, "This will not end well."
Musk has also often shared the interesting features of the robot Optimus (Optimus) that are constantly updated, and this time, Lao Ma wrote in the post that he went for a walk with Optimus Prime.
The video shows Optimus Prime walking, and this time Optimus Prime does not have a white cover on his chest, so its wiring structure can be seen clearly.
The 1.83-meter, adult-sized robot walks a little mechanically, and his appearance evokes netizens' fears that robots will rule the world, and everyone jokes in the comment section.
One netizen wrote, "It's great, if it weren't for the fact that robots will kill humans in the future."
Another netizen left a message saying that it looked like Optimus Prime was going to the bathroom.
Several netizens agreed: little Optimus Prime walks at a similar speed to 81-year-old US President Joe Biden.
There are many netizens who like to see the news of the robot's continuous progress, and this time they say that the gait of the new version of Optimus Prime is "much more natural than we thought".
Musk's Tesla factory has a dedicated artificial intelligence day (AI DAY), at the artificial intelligence day in August 2021, they first released the news that Optimus Prime is being developed, according to Musk, Optimus Prime has two main goals, one is that in dangerous factories, robots can replace human workers in dangerous or repetitive, boring work, in addition, they can also be human housework helpers or companions at home.
In 2022, the first prototype version of Optimus Prime was unveiled, at that time it could only walk and wave on the stage, and had no other functions, although this version of the humanoid robot was never sold on the market, in December 2023, Tesla released an updated prototype of the second generation of Optimus Prime, the second version has improved a lot, and the robot can pick up and hold an egg with the advanced "touch" on its fingers, but it will not break it.
Earlier in 2024, Tesla shared a video of Optimus Prime's new features, and now Optimus Prime can complete basic yoga movements, and it will be firmly independent, indicating that the balance is very good.
According to Tesla, Optimus Prime is now nearly 6 feet (1.83 meters) tall, can walk at 5 mph (8.05 km/h), and can deadlift 150 pounds (about 68.04 kilograms) — so netizens joked that Biden may not be able to pull 150 pounds.
Optimus Prime's implementation includes the autopilot computer in Tesla's electric car, which Optimus uses to recognize real-world objects.
Now Optimus Prime can do a lot of fine maneuvers, such as using a wrench to attach bolts to a car, picking up groceries in the store, and sorting similar items for storage.
For years, Musk has expressed concerns about artificial intelligence, arguing that AI is "much more dangerous than nuclear weapons", but he also pointed out that Tesla's Optimus Prime is by no means a killer robot, and in fact, ordinary people may easily defeat Optimus Prime physically.
Musk also said that between 2025 and 2027, people will be able to buy Optimus, and the retail price may be less than $20,000 (about 143,600 yuan).
SOURCE: DAILYMAIL