After the robot taxi, the “race to space” and the tunnels to “escape” traffic, Tesla has another project in hand: a humanoid robot called Tesla Bot.
Unveiled by Elon Musk on Tesla's “AI Day”, this robot aims to “eliminate the drudgery of everyday life”, with Musk saying: “In the future, physical work will be a choice as robots will eliminate dangerous tasks, repetitive and boring”.
At 1.73 kg tall and 56.7 kg, the Tesla Bot will be able to carry 20.4 kg and lift 68 kg. As might be expected, the Bot will incorporate technology already used in Tesla's cars, including eight Autopilot system cameras and an FSD computer. In addition, it will also have a screen mounted on the head and 40 electromechanical actuators to move like a human.
Perhaps thinking of all those who were "traumatized" by movies like "Relentless Terminator", Elon Musk assured that the Tesla Bot was designed to be friendly and will purposely be slower and weaker than a human so that it can escape or … hit.
The most realistic proposal
While the Tesla Bot looks like something out of a sci-fi movie — although the first prototype is due to arrive next year — the new chip developed by Tesla for its Dojo supercomputer and the announced advances in the field of artificial intelligence and autonomous driving are more of the “real world”.
Starting with the chip, the D1, this is a crucial part of the Dojo supercomputer that Tesla plans to have ready by the end of 2022 and which the American brand says is crucial for fully autonomous driving.
According to Tesla, this chip has “GPU-level” computing power and twice the bandwidth of chips used in networks. As for the possibility of making this technology available free of charge to competitors, Musk ruled out that hypothesis, but assumed the possibility of licensing it.