Catch a tennis ball with one hand! New progress in Tesla humanoid robot_Oriental Fortune Network

recently,TeslarobotThe team announced the Optimus humanoid on social media platformsrobotLatest developments. As you can see from the video, Optimus steadily caught the tennis ball thrown in the direction with one hand, and his fingers could be bent relatively flexibly.

TeslaEngineer Milan Kovac said that the degree of freedom of this robot hand has doubled compared to the previous generation, with 22 degrees of freedom in the hand and 3 degrees of freedom in the wrist/forearm. Video demonstrations are conducted in the laboratory via real-time remote operation,TeslaThere are plans to soon build robots equipped with this advanced robotrobot。

Milan Kovac said there is still some work to be done before the end of the year, specifically expanding tactile sensing integration, providing very fine control via tendons and reducing forearm weight. Currently, all drive has been moved to the forearm, which increases its weight. At the same time, the interesting challenge is having enough softness/compliance and protection on the fingers and palm without compromising the tactile feel too much.

In the previous world of 2024AIat the conference,Teslahumanoid robotAttend the exhibition. Staff introduction,TeslaThe goal is to significantly reduce the cost of robots, from hundreds of thousands of dollars to one or two thousand dollars.TeslaLimited production is expected to begin next yearhumanoid robotthere will be more than 1,000 unitshumanoid robotHelp humans complete production tasks at the Tesla factory. Musk predicts that in the future, humanoid robots will become the main force in the industry. Tesla aims to occupy more than 10% of the market share and control the cost of humanoid robots at around US$10,000, with an expected selling price of US$20,000. This will bring Tesla a market of US$25 trillion to US$30 trillion.