Elon Musk
has been showing off
Tesla's humanoid robot
, Optimus, on X. Earlier this month, he shared a video of the robot folding a shirt and now he posted a clip in which
Optimus
is walking seemingly a bit more naturally than one expects a ‘machine’ to take a stroll.
“Going for a walk with Optimus,” said Musk, who is the CEO of Tesla – the company that developed Optimus.
The video clip shows the humanoid robot in its full glory, walking in a straight line inside a building that looks like some sort of facility.
‘Optimus folds a shirt’
This is not the first time that Musk showed off the latest model of Tesla's humanoid robot. Two weeks ago, he shared a video in which the Tesla robot was working in a factory. In the clip, the robot was seen picking up a black t-shirt from a bucket and folding it with ease.
“Optimus folds a shirt,” he said in the post.
While this may seem to be nothing great when seen from a layman’s perspective, it is to be noted that getting a robot to undertake tasks like humans requires a lot of effort in software and hardware development.
In the subsequent post, Musk clarified that the robot cannot fold a shirt autonomously but will be able to do it sometime later.
“Important note: Optimus cannot yet do this autonomously, but certainly will be able to do this fully autonomously and in an arbitrary environment (won’t require a fixed table with [a] box that has only one shirt),” he added.
In December, Musk shared a video in which the second generation of the Optimus robot was seen doing human-like tasks like handling eggs, walking and dancing.
Tesla's 'Optimus' robot prototype
The Tesla CEO revealed the prototype of its humanoid robot in October 2022. It was said that Optimus shares some AI software and sensors with its Tesla cars' Autopilot driver assistance features.
Tesla has also shown off Tesla Bots in videos of what appears to be a production-ready chassis. A video showed the robots walking while suggesting that they can do other things, like pick up items and recognise objects.
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