The team of engineers puts all their efforts into the development of the future iron "colleague".
Elon Musk has grandiose plans for the humanoid robot Optimus from Tesla. The company's CEO said at the annual Tesla AI Day conference last year that the robot could go on sale as early as 2027. According to the billionaire, the Optimus, also known as TeslaBot, will cost significantly less than a Tesla car, probably less than $ 20,000. But mostly the company plans to use smart machines in its own production for routine tasks.
Now Tesla is expanding its staff to bring the car to the ideal. Some of the vacancies on the official website involve working in an office in Palo Alto, California. These include the positions of "Humanoid Robot Control Engineer", "Systems Engineering and Integration Engineer", as well as other engineering positions.
In May, Musk said in a post on Twitter that "the Optimus team has made excellent progress." After that, a video demonstrating the robot's capabilities was released on the official YouTube channel. The description says that he can now calibrate his hands and feet independently. In the video, Optimus sorts colored building blocks using computer vision and artificial intelligence. At the end of the video, the robot shows flexibility exercises in the style of yoga.
Some of Tesla's American competitors are already testing similar humanoid models in their warehouses, so the company has a lot to look forward to. Texas firm Apptronik in August launched the Apollo robot, which is more than 6 feet tall and can lift up to 25 kg.
Apptronik co-founder Jeff Cardenas told Insider about the current progress. According to him, Apptronik has already placed one or two samples of Apollo at the facilities of several customers from the retail, manufacturing and logistics sectors.
Last year, Apptronik entered into a strategic partnership with NASA to promote its developments. Now, according to Cardenas, the company is focused on finalizing the technology, and then plans to scale the project.
Another player in the industry, Agility Robotics, is building a factory in Oregon, and its Digit robot is being tested at Amazon's research center near Seattle.
Elon Musk has grandiose plans for the humanoid robot Optimus from Tesla. The company's CEO said at the annual Tesla AI Day conference last year that the robot could go on sale as early as 2027. According to the billionaire, the Optimus, also known as TeslaBot, will cost significantly less than a Tesla car, probably less than $ 20,000. But mostly the company plans to use smart machines in its own production for routine tasks.
Now Tesla is expanding its staff to bring the car to the ideal. Some of the vacancies on the official website involve working in an office in Palo Alto, California. These include the positions of "Humanoid Robot Control Engineer", "Systems Engineering and Integration Engineer", as well as other engineering positions.
In May, Musk said in a post on Twitter that "the Optimus team has made excellent progress." After that, a video demonstrating the robot's capabilities was released on the official YouTube channel. The description says that he can now calibrate his hands and feet independently. In the video, Optimus sorts colored building blocks using computer vision and artificial intelligence. At the end of the video, the robot shows flexibility exercises in the style of yoga.
Some of Tesla's American competitors are already testing similar humanoid models in their warehouses, so the company has a lot to look forward to. Texas firm Apptronik in August launched the Apollo robot, which is more than 6 feet tall and can lift up to 25 kg.
Apptronik co-founder Jeff Cardenas told Insider about the current progress. According to him, Apptronik has already placed one or two samples of Apollo at the facilities of several customers from the retail, manufacturing and logistics sectors.
Last year, Apptronik entered into a strategic partnership with NASA to promote its developments. Now, according to Cardenas, the company is focused on finalizing the technology, and then plans to scale the project.
Another player in the industry, Agility Robotics, is building a factory in Oregon, and its Digit robot is being tested at Amazon's research center near Seattle.
