The video, published by the billionaire on Saturday in X, was of such low quality that it seemed as if it was filmed on a phone that was current two decades ago.
Screenshots: gizmodo
At that time, the video was viewed by more than 30 million users, however, as Gizmodo notes, half an hour later Musk replaced it with a video with a higher resolution. (Interestingly, edited tweets usually display a note at the bottom about the correction and the time it happened – but Elon's note doesn't show that).
Optimus strolling around the lab pic.twitter.com/E25ttHGsF0
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 24, 2024
Meanwhile, users competed in witticisms under the publication with the robot, offering their own versions of why the video turned out to be of such poor quality:
Same photographer? pic.twitter.com/9ZvWzryXXC
— greg (@greg16676935420) February 24, 2024
30% faster I guess. pic.twitter.com/CNF2OnZWcm
— Hanteta (Driving a Tesla in Korea) (@Hanteta_) February 24, 2024
Looks like bro filmed this on a 2002 Nokia 7650. pic.twitter.com/Hm1G5c3s6a
— Pope of Muskanity (@RationalEtienne) February 24, 2024
The previous video with Optimus, which Musk posted, also distinguished itself – then the engineer who controlled the robot’s movements was “shown” in the video.
It's been a little over two years since Elon Musk announced that Tesla had begun moving towards developing humanoid robots. The company launched prototypes quite quickly – and so far we've seen one barely moving assembled model and another that stood on a stand and waved to onlookers. At the same time, in the promo that followed the presentation, the robots walked and interacted with the environment more confidently.
In December, Tesla (also still only in promo) introduced its second generation of robots – it was reported that Optimus received two degrees of freedom in the neck, integrated electronics and wiring, as well as more human-shaped legs with articulated toes and torque sensors. The robot's arms are equipped with 11 degrees of freedom, faster actuators and tactile sensors on all fingers to manipulate objects (the skill was demonstrated in the video on chicken eggs).
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