Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus danced on stage, served watermelon-flavored cocktails and dazzled guests with fun and friendly chats at Elon Musk's extravagant Hollywood event on Thursday night. kidnapped.
Following Mr. Musk's introduction, the robots emerged from a divided curtain and filed into the audience in a line. The tall, faceless figure has joints around its knees, hips, shoulders and elbows and can “basically do whatever it wants,” Musk said.
The bartender bot, wearing a cowboy hat, spoke in a surprisingly human-like cadence.
“How's everyone doing?” it would occasionally chirp in a Texas drawl. “How am I doing so far?”
When a customer asked for a watermelon-flavored drink, Optimus double-checked his order. “Of course you can!”
Optimus not only helps with daily tasks like grocery shopping and mowing the lawn, but he also acts as a member of the family by being a teacher, babysitting the kids, walking the dog, serving after-meal drinks, and more. He also claimed that. Just be your friend, Musk said.
“I think this is going to be the biggest product of any kind ever,” Musk said.
He said an “autonomous assistant, a humanoid friend” would cost less than a car, costing between $20,000 and $30,000 in the long run.
Bots are “something that anyone can own,” Musk said.
He previously said Tesla might be able to do it. Sell humanoid robots outside the company by the end of next year.
On Thursday night, a small group of robots locked themselves in a gazebo and danced around mirror balls and fog machines to techno music.
Musk apparently had other robots on hand to hand out gift bags to guests. In the video, an Optimus robot wearing a cowboy hat can be seen taking orders and pouring drinks from a faucet into cups filled with ice.
When an event participant told Optimus that he was doing a good job, the robot looked up and expressed his gratitude.
“Do you want to take a picture?” Optimus asked. Then I made a peace sign with my hands.
Another bot chatted with a human male who attended the event and asked him about his hometown.
“I'm from San Jose, probably from Silicon Valley,” joked a human event attendee.
“That's great! Where in San Jose do you live? Almaden Valley?” Optimus answered.
When the man told him he lived in Los Gatos, Optimus said: nice area. It sounds like you can do some great hiking. ”
The robot then answered without hesitation where it lived.
“Well, I live in Palo Alto now, which is where they train us and where we get our builds and work with a great group of people,” Optimus said.
Another robot played a game of rock, paper, scissors with the guests. When they won the match, they started dancing in the audience.
Despite his ability to make small talk, dance, and serve cocktails, Optimus knows he is not a real person.
“What's the hardest thing about being a robot?” a guest asked.
“Oh…I'm trying to be human like you guys,” Optimus said. “And that's what I strive for every day, and I hope you all will help us be that.”
Musk's latest Optimus model is a huge leap forward from the more hypothetical talk of the project just a few years ago.
During Tesla's 2021 event, Musk introduced a “Teslabot,” a human male who wears a robot suit and takes to the stage to perform a dance routine.
The following year, Musk showed off several prototypes of real robots. One of them was able to walk carefully around the stage, while the other was supported by a stand and waved to the audience.
However, a promotional video for Thursday night's event showed Optimus living with his family and contributing to their finances.
In the video, the robot can be seen watering plants, picking up packages from the front door, cleaning the kitchen after dinner, unloading groceries from the trunk of a car, and relaxing with the family's children by playing board games.
Musk has previously boasted that robots will be a “fundamental change in civilization.”
These will be mass-produced, he said, making a “future free of poverty” possible.
