Tesla releases humanoid robot Optimus Latest news.

On the evening of December 12 local time, Tesla CEO Elon Musk released the latest video of Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus. According to the video, compared to the previous generation of humanoid robots, the second generation of humanoid robot Optimus-Gen 2 (Optimus Prime 2) walking speed is increased by 30%, balance and body control are improved, and the overall weight is reduced from 73kg to 63kg.

It is reported that the second generation of Optimus Prime will be released in December 2023.

The second generation of Optimus is equipped with actuators and sensors designed by Tesla, a 2-DOF drive neck, an 11-DOF hand with faster response, tactile sensors, actuator integrated electronics and wiring harnesses, foot force/torque sensors, articulated toes, and more.

It is not difficult to see from the video that the performance of the second generation of Optimus Prime has been significantly improved compared to the previous generation of humanoid robots. Tesla showed in the video that the second generation of Optimus Prime can support one leg, and make yoga movements smoothly with both arms and the other leg; In addition, the second generation of Optimus Prime can also make complex movements such as squatting and running.

It is worth noting that the video shows that the second generation of Optimus Prime can easily and accurately grasp and put down the egg, the whole process is relatively coherent and smooth, and the whole process of the left hand to the right hand is also quite coherent, showing the exquisite control ability of its hands. In the Easter egg segment at the end of the video, the second generation of Optimus Prime even completed a dance dance.

Analysts believe that Optimus Prime is still a concept in development and must shake off the lackluster performance of its debut a year ago. At the time, the Optimus Prime prototype was moved onto the stage by a Tesla employee.

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The Optimus Prime humanoid robot was first unveiled at the first Tesla Artificial Intelligence Day in 2021. At the time, the Optimus Prime that accompanied Musk’s 10-minute speech was only a few concept drawings, and no samples were released.

In the second Tesla Artificial Intelligence Day in 2022, Optimus Prime prototype first appeared without any support, equipped with 2.3kWh battery pack, height of about 172CM, weight 73kg, sedentary energy consumption of 100w, slow walking energy consumption of 500w, the freedom of the whole body more than 200, its bionic fingers are very flexible, It has 27 degrees of freedom and can walk naturally.

On September 24 this year, the official account of Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus Prime released a video saying that Optimus Prime has once again evolved to rely solely on vision to classify objects and complete simple yoga movements: “Its neural network has completed end-to-end training: input video, output control.” In the video, Optimus performs a task of classifying objects by color, placing blocks of different colors into trays of corresponding colors. Later, a researcher joined the test, when Optimus Prime reached out to the building blocks from the original displacement, and this “difficult” did not stump Optimus, it can reposition and pick up the shifted building blocks, showing that it has the ability to adapt to the changing environment and make adjustments at any time.

According to Tesla, Optimus was developed to replace humans in unsafe or boring jobs. Musk has previously mentioned that Tesla will be committed to mass production and reduce costs, the future production of Optimus Prime will reach millions of units, its price is lower than Tesla cars, is expected to final price of less than $20,000. Musk also believes that Optimus Prime is seriously underestimated by the outside world, and the future demand may be as high as 1 billion to 20 billion units.