A Tesla VP just lately shared some key insights about Optimus’ newest dance demonstrations. Tesla showcased Optimus’ dance strikes in two demonstrations this week, with its second demo changing into a shock to many.
Optimus Demonstrations
Optimus’ preliminary demonstration this week featured the humanoid robotic performing quite a lot of rhythmic actions. As per Tesla Vice President of Optimus (Tesla Bot) Milan Kovac, the humanoid robotic’s actions have been skilled in simulation. He additionally defined that the cable, which may very well be seen connected in the back of Optimus, was merely there in case of a fall.
Apparently sufficient, a follow-up video demonstration that includes Optimus performing much more superior rhythmic actions was posted by CEO Elon Musk on social media platform X on Tuesday. On this demo, Optimus may very well be seen performing ballet and fashionable dance strikes. In contrast to the earlier demonstration, Optimus was utterly untethered this time round. Elon Musk acknowledged in a follow-up publish on X that Optimus ought to finally be capable of do ballet actions completely.
What the Optimus VP Says
Kovac has offered some key insights on Optimus’ second demonstration for the week. As per the Tesla govt, the actions of the humanoid robotic within the video have been in real-time. The demonstration was additionally totally realized in simulation and zero-shot transferred to actual with out additional coaching.
“Right here’s a bit of extra, and no cables this time. It’s all real-time velocity, zero CGI, totally realized in simulation & zero-shot transferred to actual. In addition to the truth that it’s enjoyable, we needed to make vital enhancements to our robotic mannequin in Sim, area randomization and different methods which is able to immediately switch to extra sensible conditions as nicely (strong strolling, and agile full-body management usually).
“We additionally realized fairly a couple of issues on our {hardware} and tuned our energy profile. I hope it’s getting fairly clear that Tesla is rather more than a tremendous automotive (!) firm: it’s the place to be for transformational real-world AI,” Kovac wrote in his publish on X.
