Everyone compares Tesla Optimus with Figure and other humanoid robots: better hands, better walking, better demonstrations.
But what happens when the factory or the world is changed so the robot can succeed ?
Tesla’s advantages go far beyond Optimus itself. It can develop the robot, redesign its workplaces, and improve both together. This changes how the battle to win humanoid robotics.
In this video, I compare factory readiness and humanoid deployment evidence, explain how unboxed assembly and agile manufacturing could help robots scale, and show why Costco, Amazon, and SpaceX offer useful lessons.
All of the products, all of the technologies and of the factories that Tesla, SpaceX and XAI have been making are leading into the success of Optimus. Everything about work processes and work culture are targeted to Optimus success. Every satellite will be used to help Optimus win. Optimus will work with robotaxi and robotrucks.
1. Tesla Optimus could lose a robot demonstration—and still win humanoid robotics.
Experts compare hands, walking and AI.
But what happens when Elon changes the factories and the world around optimus robots ?
The robot is only part of the competition.
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AI will be levels smarter as we are. Smarter species usually doesnt work for the one less smart. I dont know how things will progress but my guess is that there is good chance robots wont want to work for us. Hopefully AI will be pro humanity or at least wont harm us.
Smarter? Do you believe that the 2005 computer was smarter than you because it could do calculations faster than you? Smart is a relative term. If you define the smart metric as computations per second, yes the 2005 computer wins. If you define the smart metric as the best at Jeopardy then yes Watson was smarter that the humans. At some things AI will be better than humans but smarter? Ya no.