Tesla to make use of humanoid robots from subsequent yr as knowledgeable says why bots are higher
Elon Musk has announced Tesla will using humanoid robots on the factory line from next year.
The Space X boss said that the Tesla-made robot will be put to work in the electric car maker’s factories by the end of the year, before expanding them into “high production” in 2026, making them available to sell to other companies.
Posting on his own social media platform, X, the tech billionaire wrote: “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year and, hopefully, high production for other companies in 2026.”
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Standing at 5’8 or 170cm tall and weighing 125lbs (56kgs) the robot, named Optimus, is built to do “boring, repetitious and dangerous” work and carry out menial tasks —and one business expert sees the benefits of employing humanoid robots in the workplace over humans.
Co-founder of financial planning company Brilliant Advice, Cern Basher, took to X to list the many benefits of humanoid bots in the workplace.
In addition to paying bots peanuts, robots don’t go on strike. They also never quit or get sick or are late to work.
There’s no workplace politics, they don’t do drugs and they don’t need retirement benefits. Robots also work tirelessly.
All that said, his comments come after a South Korean robot’s designed to deliver documents, flung itself over a set of stairs in an apparent effort to escape the mundanity of its working life.
It’s not the first time the billionaire has made claims about Optimus, named after the Transformers character Optimus Prime, hitting the workforce.
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In 2021, he also said he expected the robot to be working in factories the following year.
In May this year, the tech lord hinted Tesla could soon produce a billion of the humanoid robots by around 2030, and that the humanoid robot market could become worth more than $1,000 trillion.
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