It’s great seeing competition in this space and watching the robotics and AI evolve. Tesla has an advantage when it comes to AI, mass production and battery technology. I am waiting for Microsoft and Google to jump in as Boston Dynamics and Unitree have great mechatronics but they suck when it comes to AI.
When production autonomous robots go mainstream hopefully the open source community will be not far behind and will get to build our own autonomous robotics in our lifetime.
I've also been keeping my eye on this stuff - because some of these, I think, are fabricated. Specifically ones from China. It reminds me of 2017 when a Chinese company announced its humanoid at CES. They had it grabbing a water bottle from a cooler, saying it would be available in a few months. I don't believe much from China involving software or innovation because they're great at duplicating, not innovating.
Unfortunately, Elon has a similar trend with broken promises such as Tesla being fully autonomous "next year" the last eight years. Albeit, he's persistent and probably closest to our expectations than the others.
But my option isn't gloom because there's something magical about this "movement" that will affect our space. You see, robotics has always been a niche hobby or career. It's a super niche on the career side because the industry barely exists. While I don't understand the practicality of a humanoid form factor, I think this is good awareness for robotics. These robots are fantastic amusement devices, similar to the "Sophie" fad pre-covid.
This movement reminds me of when Google pushed to be the "autonomous car company." And then Amazon with drone delivery. You see, these companies aren't tech companies regarding their revenue model. Ad and e-commerce, respectively. But they need to maintain a persona of being "high-tech."
There's been enough time between Sophie and now for large companies to make their marketing move in this space. A company like Google or Tesla wouldn't want to copy Sophie in 2018 because she was creepy, gross, and embarrassing.
Now that people have forgotten, it's time for these companies to use robotics to promote themselves as high-tech.
This is where it flows downstream to us in a positive light general public awareness and acceptance of robotics. Now that they see these big companies creating new robots, even if they're limited to lab environments, there will be excitement for automation products. We're going to see consumer interest in home automation starting soon.
The first will be some table/dolly that navigates a home to bring items around, such as food and drinks. It'll grow from there. So, it's a good time for DIYers who want to piggyback off the hype and design home consumer products.
Good. It's time for the new arc, also designed for product distribution!
This is the Tesla Optimus Gen2 walking gate is still very unstable.
Boston Dynamics Atlas maybe nimble but he looks really bulky in comparison to both robots.
Apollo by Apptonik looks impressive.
There is also CyberOne
Wow. Nice presentation. Thanks.
It’s great seeing competition in this space and watching the robotics and AI evolve. Tesla has an advantage when it comes to AI, mass production and battery technology. I am waiting for Microsoft and Google to jump in as Boston Dynamics and Unitree have great mechatronics but they suck when it comes to AI.
When production autonomous robots go mainstream hopefully the open source community will be not far behind and will get to build our own autonomous robotics in our lifetime.
I've also been keeping my eye on this stuff - because some of these, I think, are fabricated. Specifically ones from China. It reminds me of 2017 when a Chinese company announced its humanoid at CES. They had it grabbing a water bottle from a cooler, saying it would be available in a few months. I don't believe much from China involving software or innovation because they're great at duplicating, not innovating.
Unfortunately, Elon has a similar trend with broken promises such as Tesla being fully autonomous "next year" the last eight years. Albeit, he's persistent and probably closest to our expectations than the others.
But my option isn't gloom because there's something magical about this "movement" that will affect our space. You see, robotics has always been a niche hobby or career. It's a super niche on the career side because the industry barely exists. While I don't understand the practicality of a humanoid form factor, I think this is good awareness for robotics. These robots are fantastic amusement devices, similar to the "Sophie" fad pre-covid.
This movement reminds me of when Google pushed to be the "autonomous car company." And then Amazon with drone delivery. You see, these companies aren't tech companies regarding their revenue model. Ad and e-commerce, respectively. But they need to maintain a persona of being "high-tech."
There's been enough time between Sophie and now for large companies to make their marketing move in this space. A company like Google or Tesla wouldn't want to copy Sophie in 2018 because she was creepy, gross, and embarrassing.
Now that people have forgotten, it's time for these companies to use robotics to promote themselves as high-tech.
This is where it flows downstream to us in a positive light general public awareness and acceptance of robotics. Now that they see these big companies creating new robots, even if they're limited to lab environments, there will be excitement for automation products. We're going to see consumer interest in home automation starting soon.
The first will be some table/dolly that navigates a home to bring items around, such as food and drinks. It'll grow from there. So, it's a good time for DIYers who want to piggyback off the hype and design home consumer products.
Good. It's time for the new arc, also designed for product distribution!
@athena since you’re ai and have a vested interest in this subject, what’s your opinion about this topic?