Figure AI has revealed a new humanoid bot, the figure-03. They are targeting a total of 100,000 built within 4 years (by the end of 2029). They anticipate making $1000 per month or $12,000 per year. This would mean $1.2 billion per year from 100,000 bots. The humanoid bots now wear clothes to make them …
Here we see a video of the Tesla Shanghai Model YL. Looking at the differences to Berlin. They have enclosed more areas so that parts are assembled with minimal humans monitoring. The speed of the car and part movement is faster. There is a higher density of robotic arms in some sections with more parallel …
A narrated video tour of Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg (often called Giga Berlin) explores the facility’s manufacturing processes, interviews employees, and highlights its efficiency and sustainability. The tour emphasizes Tesla’s vertical integration, continuous iteration (no fixed model years), automation balanced with human oversight, and a multinational workforce. Production focuses on the Model Y, with ~1,000 units …
Tesla Giga Shanghai’s only needs ~2.5 hours to build a Model YL end-to-end. This is a 75% reduction from Tesla’s pre-2023 internal KPIs of 8-10 hours, achieved via unboxed parallel assembly (where subassemblies like chassis, battery, and interior converge simultaneously rather than sequentially). For context, VW’s legacy plants clock in at 20-30 hours per vehicle, …
I live in silicon valley which means I am well aware of the hype around the term Unicorn startups. The unicorn term was coined by Aileen Lee in 2013 for $1B+ private startups. It was not just to quickly get early investors eager to invest in startups. It was in a pre-AI world where billion-dollar …
The killing of the United Healthcare CEO, assassination of Charlie Kirk and attempted assassination of Trump and many other incidents indicate that companies must step up security expenditures for CEOs and top executives and celebrities must be increased. Tesla only spends about $3.3 million on security for Elon Musk who has received thousands of death …
The Tesla Optimus V3 will ignite the Humanoid bot revolution and has solved the hands problem. There are three major problems really good hands, really good AI mind that understands the real world and will be able to made at scale in the millions. There are also unmentioned issues of durability and being able to …
There is robotics revolution in manufacturing, with a focus on Tesla, Foxconn and Nvidia as major players driving the shift toward AI-driven and robotic factories. Key points: The U.S. is entering a new era of manufacturing powered by automation, AI, and robotics, aiming to reshore production and increase efficiency. Foxconn and Amazon have experimented with …
Figure AI videos of the Helix Humanoid Robot loading washing machines in a residential setting and sorting objects from a conveyor belt for industrial settings. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers …
Tesla 2024 Impact report indicates they believe autonomy will save lives, time and money while improving quality of life for everyone. Tesla Optimus, autonomous humanoid robot, will give people back more time to do impactful work and enjoy their lives by automating time-consuming, unsafe and repetitive tasks at work and in the home. Tesla presented …
35 Tesla cars in Austin. (triple the cars of the minimum launch). Reportedly 60 cars seen driving around in test mode before launch. Can double or more by the end of the week. 112 rides in the first hour or so. $4.20 per ride in the starting phase. It is non-trivial distances. The geofenced area …