Robots! Damn robots everywhere!

[SpyderTracks]

Are we ready for the rise of the robots???

It's Tesla Day on Friday this week and Elon has confirmed they're going to have the first live demonstration of the upcoming Tesla Bot!

Hold onto your horses

Tesla to unveil working humanoid robot prototype on Friday | Digital Trends

Tesla is set to announce its new Teslabot -- codenamed Optimus -- at the AI Day event on Friday.

www.digitaltrends.com

Last year it was streamed live on their YouTube channel:

As well as their main site: https://www.tesla.com/en_gb

There's no official word on times yet, but rumours are it will be 5PM Palo Alto time which is Pacific Time (GMT-7) or 1AM on Saturday morning UK Time

 

[SpyderTracks]

So some quick highlights

It's obviously still rather early in development, but a lot of these tasks are remarkably advanced and the fluid movement (allbeit quite cumbersome currently) is really challenging from what I understand in robotics.

The front liners in automation are Boston Dynamics who were owned by Hyundai, but previously spun out of MIT University in USA. They have more advanced speed and fluidity, but they've been at it for a lot longer.

 

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This is an example of Boston Dynamics current progress

 

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So they have quite a few pre production models that have been let loose around Tesla factories and places so they can start gathering real world data to improve the hive mind AI. It's scary, won't be long before these are in rich peoples houses and factories

 

[Scott]

Saw a meme today regarding 2001 a Space Odyssey. Granted, the timeline is a little off but there's a scene where the crew are sitting having lunch while looking at their flat screen tablets (Like iPads). Not long after it goes a little pete tong with the AI.

Be afraid, be very afraid

 

[SpyderTracks]

Saw a meme today regarding 2001 a Space Odyssey. Granted, the timeline is a little off but there's a scene where the crew are sitting having lunch while looking at their flat screen tablets (Like iPads). Not long after it goes a little pete tong with the AI.

Be afraid, be very afraid

That film, in fact a lot of sci fi was so ahead of its time.

One of my all time favourite sci fi writers, Isaac Asimov, wrote some insanely detailed stuff in the 40s and 50s, if you read over the detail in some of his descriptions of theoretical processes for time travel and AI, you would t be considered nuts to think he'd was a time traveller.

I know I've probably mentioned him before, but I Robot with Will Smith was based on a load of his short stories.

The recent series "Foundation" is from one of his books also.

 

[AgentCooper]

Be afraid, be very afraid

I’m sorry, Scott, I’m afraid I can’t do that.

 

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The new Boston Dynamics robot. These aren't renders, this is a real robot, there's a video half way down

An Electric New Era for Atlas | Boston Dynamics

Our electric Atlas robot is here. With decades of robotics R&D and practical expertise, Boston Dynamics is tackling the next commercial frontier.

bostondynamics.com

 

[HomerJ]

all seems fine

nothing to worry about im sure