Optimus, the humanoid robot that Tesla works on and that is designed to make everyday life easier for humans, has so much strength that it is even capable of lift a grand piano with just one of its two motors that it includes in its legs. This has been shown by the mobility company led by Elon Musk in a video of just 45 seconds to demonstrate what its actuator technology is capable of doing.
In the clip, which was also shown during AI Day 2022, it is possible to see how the motor -or actuator- of one of the legs of the Tesla robot is in operation by slightly raising a piano weighing 500 Kg. It does, in fact, repeatedly, and with impressive fluidity.
It is also, one of the two actuators that manages to lift a weight up to 500 kg without any problem. And it is, specifically, the one that will be located in the legs of the robot.
The engine, precisely, has been Developed by the same team that works on Tesla’s electric car motors, and in which Konstantinos Laskaris is one of the main designers. While the company hasn’t offered any further details in the video, it’s very likely that these engines will include some of the advancements of Tesla’s own vehicle engines.
Tesla vehicle technologies, in a humanoid robot
In fact, Tesla’s humanoid robot is designed with many of the technologies the company has developed over the next year. One of them is your stand-alone computer, which in the firm’s vehicles is used for autopilot and total autonomous driving. It also includes sensors capable of detecting everything that happens in the environment. Again, similar to those that Tesla includes in its vehicles. The robot will also work thanks to batteries designed by the company itself.
However, Why does Tesla’s robot need to be so strong? The main objective of Optimus is nothing more than being an additional help to the human being so that, for example, he can perform tasks that a person could not easily do or that would pose a risk to his health or physical condition. Among them, lifting heavy objects. He can also serve as a robot to help people with motor difficulties, to, for example, help them get up, etc.
Tesla’s humanoid robot, which could cost around 2,000 euros, is still in an early development phase, and its arrival on the market is still unknown.