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 turning into a shock to many.
Optimus Demonstrations
Optimus’ preliminary demonstration this week featured the humanoid robotic performing quite a few rhythmic actions. As per Tesla Vice President of Optimus (Tesla Bot) Milan Kovac, the humanoid robotic’s actions had been educated in simulation. He additionally defined that the cable, which might be seen connected behind 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 might be seen performing ballet and fashionable dance strikes. Not like the earlier demonstration, Optimus was fully untethered this time round. Elon Musk acknowledged in a follow-up publish on X that Optimus ought to finally have the ability to do ballet actions completely.
What the Optimus VP Says
Kovac has supplied some key insights on Optimus’ second demonstration for the week. As per the Tesla govt, the actions of the humanoid robotic within the video had been in real-time. The demonstration was additionally absolutely discovered in simulation and zero-shot transferred to actual with out additional coaching.
“Right here’s somewhat extra, and no cables this time. It’s all real-time pace, zero CGI, absolutely discovered in simulation & zero-shot transferred to actual. Moreover the truth that it’s enjoyable, we needed to make important enhancements to our robotic mannequin in Sim, area randomization and different strategies which can immediately switch to extra sensible conditions as properly (sturdy strolling, and agile full-body management on the whole).
“We additionally discovered fairly a couple of issues on our {hardware} and tuned our energy profile. I hope it’s getting fairly clear that Tesla is far more than a tremendous automotive (!) firm: it’s the place to be for transformational real-world AI,” Kovac wrote in his publish on X.
