Tesla’s Humanoid Robotic Mocked Amid Comparisons with Boston Dynamics

Elon Musk would possibly must step it up in Tesla robotics division — as a result of his signature droid does not maintain a candle to those from Boston Dynamics … so says Twitter anyway.

The CEO was available Friday as his firm unveiled some new toys as a part of their AI Day — together with a self-controlled humanoid bot that they name Optimus … which really trotted itself out on stage and moved round a bit in entrance of a (principally less-than-impressed) crowd.

For starters, this factor walked very slowly and gingerly … and did a little bit examination of his five-fingered palms, plus a wave, earlier than strolling again at tortoise-like pace. It additionally did not look all that aesthetically pleasing. EM stated this was the primary time Optimus had walked alone with out a tether, so that they have been taking it straightforward … as he did not need it to “fall on its face.” Oof.

He went on to assert Optimus is able to doing pretty complicated duties (even now) that people will ultimately have the ability to ask for on-demand in the marketplace — however a lot of Tech Twitter wasn’t shopping for it … particularly as a bunch of BD movies popped up compared.

The explanation … Boston Dynamics’ bots — particularly Atlas — are VERY superior, and might apparently do a heck of much more than what Elon’s creation can at this level. Their movies usually go viral, notably after they do complicated dance routines and backflips, and so forth.

Apart from the mocking, there was real disappointment in Elon’s demonstration … with many saying he ought to’ve simply waited till he had one thing extra flashy to indicate.