Gold Member BOHICA Posted May 6 Gold Member Share Posted May 6 this is some cool shit what they are doing! Humans have 27 degrees. Optimus is going to advance to 22 degrees and will be able to work in a factory enviroment near the same proficiency as humans. https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-optimus-hands-22-degrees-of-freedom-upgrade-2024/ A humanoid robot with hands that have 22 degrees of freedom has the potential to perform tasks with nearly the same proficiency as a human being. Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot seems poised to receive a significant upgrade later this year. As per a recent comment from CEO Elon Musk, Optimus’ hands will be upgraded to have 22 degrees of freedom (DoF). That’s already very close to a human’s hands, which have 27 degrees of freedom. Tesla released a new video of Optimus in the company’s facilities this weekend. The video featured the humanoid robot performing several tasks in a factory setting, including those that require precise tasks. In a comment about the Optimus video, NVIDIA Sr. Research Manager & Lead of Embodied AI (GEAR Lab) Jim Fan noted that Optimus’ hands are among the best in the industry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 More Tesla employees laid off as bloodbath enters its fourth week Workers from the company’s software, services, and engineering departments say they’ve been laid off, according to several reports. By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. May 6, 2024, 11:40 AM CDT 60 Comments60 New Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla’s brutal round of layoffs entered its fourth week, with more employees posting on LinkedIn and elsewhere about receiving notice that their time at the company has come to an end. The most recent layoffs, which were first reported by Electrek and Business Insider, appear to be hitting different segments of the company, including software, services, and engineering. Employees said they received layoff notices over the weekend and on Monday. Related Tesla’s in its flop era Tesla’s Supercharger layoffs couldn’t have come at a worse time Tesla reportedly shrinks its gigacasting manufacturing ambitions It’s unclear how many employees have been affected. Business Insider reported at least seven employees posted about being laid off on Sunday. The layoffs first started last month, when Tesla began laying off what was said to be at the time 10 percent of the company’s global workforce of 140,000 people. The layoffs included Tesla’s head of EV charging, Rebecca Tinucci, as well as her entire 500-person team. Tesla’s head of the new vehicles program, Daniel Ho, was also let go. On X, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company needed to be reorganized every five years. And in an email to employees, he said the company needed to be “absolutely hard core” about the cuts and that staffers working under executives who “don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test” would be out of a job. According to Bloomberg, Musk privately expressed a desire to lay off at least 20 percent of the company because its quarterly vehicle deliveries fell by that much. Tesla is going through one of its toughest financial situations in years, with sales dropping and profits down 55 percent year over year. The company is experiencing increased competition, both in the US and in China, while also dealing with waning demand for EVs globally. And Musk has been downplaying Tesla’s vehicle business in an effort to position the company as a leader in autonomous vehicles, promising to unveil a fully autonomous robotaxi later this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted May 6 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 6 Have them pick the damn fruit! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted May 7 Author Gold Member Share Posted May 7 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Have them pick the damn fruit! 🤣 That would be a huge cost savings measure without the need for breaks or a Porto potty on site. Likely could work most of the day with a few breaks for charging. Edited May 7 by BOHICA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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