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I Robot<\/em><\/a> was supposed<\/em> to be Science Fiction<\/p>\n

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Tesla unveils Optimus Gen 2: its next generation humanoid robot<\/a><\/p>\n

Tesla has unveiled \u201cOptimus Gen 2\u201d, a new generation of its humanoid robot that should be able to take over repetitive tasks from humans.<\/p>\n

Optimus, also known as Tesla Bot, has not been taken seriously by many outside of the more hardcore Tesla fans, and for good reason.<\/p>\n

When it was first announced, it seemed to be a half-baked idea from CEO Elon Musk with a dancer disguised as a robot for visual aid. It also didn\u2019t help that\u00a0the demo at Tesla AI Day last year<\/a>\u00a0was less than impressive.<\/p>\n

At the time, Tesla had a very early prototype that didn\u2019t look like much. It was barely able to walk around and wave at the crowd. That was about it.<\/p>\n

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But we did note that the idea behind the project made sense. Of course, everyone knows the value of a humanoid robot that could be versatile enough to replace human labor cheaply, but many doubts it\u2019s achievable in the short term.<\/p>\n

Tesla believed it to be possible by leveraging its AI work on its self-driving vehicle program and expertise in batteries and electric motors. It argued that its vehicles are already robots on wheels. Now, it just needs to make them in humanoid forms to be able to replace humans in some tasks.<\/p>\n

We did note that the project was\u00a0gaining credibility with the update<\/a>\u00a0at Tesla\u2019s 2023 shareholders meeting earlier this year.<\/p>\n

At the time, Tesla showed several more prototypes that all looked more advanced and started to perform actually useful tasks.<\/p>\n

In September, we got\u00a0another Optimus update<\/a>. In that report, Tesla said that Optimus is now being trained with neural nets end-to-end, and it was able to perform new tasks, like sorting objects autonomously.<\/p>\n

Tesla Optimus Gen 2<\/h2>\n

Today, Tesla has released a new update from the Optimus program. This time, the automaker unveiled the Optimus Gen 2, a new generation of the humanoid robot prototype:<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a new bot in town \ud83e\udd16<\/p>\n

Check this out (until the very end)!https:\/\/t.co\/duFdhwNe3K<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8pbhwW0WNc<\/a><\/p>\n

— Tesla Optimus (@Tesla_Optimus) December 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n