[Music] as expected Tesla will finally unveil Optimus gen 3 later this year with Incredible improvements especially in its tasks which are set to be incredibly useful Elon compared it to a real life version of 3PO from Star Wars but that's not the biggest surprise Elon just revealed about Tesla's humanoid robot you might not know this but Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla could produce this robot for just $110,000 and by 2025 thousands of ous units will be operational in their factories these are mindblowing numbers and musk recently reaffirmed the robots incredibly low price point so how
exactly will Tesla pull this off and what kind of tasks will the next gen Optimus be able to perform when can we actually buy one all will be revealed right now musk once said that oh my goodness all these tasks sound amazing however we' bet that very few people actually think or truly believe robots can work in homeschools or nursing homes will they fall over run out of battery or need users to control them there are countless questions and many others are still hesitant to even ask if the Tesla bot is safe enough and how
does it take care of the kids yeah definitely a lot of questions that still need answering when it comes to the safety of a robot we want to clarify that it won't be like what we see in the movies a group of rebellious robots turning against humans like an iroot bot or a Terminator in reality Optimus is going to be a lot more like C3PO or R2-D2 from Star Wars a friendly robot playing the role of a homemaker in recent update videos from Tesla Optimus has been shown performing basic tasks like watering plants picking up
groceries cleaning the kitchen and bringing items from the trunk to the house Tesla introduces Optimus as a companion designed to safely assist with a variety of household chores from Child Care to helping the elderly currently Optimus can engage in natural conversations befriend the elderly and answer questions from kids these features highlight optimus's potential to integrate into daily life proving it's not just a useless machine however Optimus recently received a nextg pair of hands as you can see in the latest video the new hand design is Flawless and technically Optimus can now catch a tennis ball
with Precision these hands are waterresistant and made from Advanced materials that are difficult to collect dust as you can see they're quite smooth this makes it incredibly easy for Optimus to wash its hands after performing tasks we've noticed that Tesla's constant confirmation that Optimus is still remotely controlled has left many people feeling confused with a majority asking will it be autonomous when it hits the market in our view a humanoid robot wouldn't really be useful if you had to program each action individually this means that when you buy an Optimus you need to train it
from scratch controlling it to perform tasks TKS and that could be pretty timec consuming right however don't get us wrong remote control of Optimus is only used to accelerate research and improve it faster AI models require vast amounts of data for training but Tesla bot doesn't need to do this if you show the robot enough examples it'll be able to perform tasks it hasn't been explicitly taught as Elon said you just need to show it a video and it will be able to perform the task now we also find it pretty funny that optimus's speed
always comes up for discussion so when people see Tesla's Optimus moving the majority say it kind of Walks Like a particular US president which means kind of slow and does not really show off too much agility now naturally none of us want a robot like that so over the past couple months speed and the specific hands of Optimus have been the top priorities for Tesla as Elon puts it those two aspects account for half the technical work that needs to be done on an Optimus now last year when Tesla first rolled out the Gen 2
version Optimus speed was confirmed at about 1.3 mil hour Tesla mentioned that this was over a 30% increase from the first generation but they also admitted that it's still kind of slow since then it's clear that we see Optimus moving a lot faster according to Milan kovak the vice president of Tesla's Optimus division he mentioned on X that the team has been pretty busy making its walking capabilities stronger before deciding to bring Optimus to the recent Wii robot event while he didn't give out the current speed we're guessing it's somewhere between 2 to 2 and2
mph as noted in the demo Optimus is now navigating through areas it's never been to before it can move continuously without bumping into things which means it can explore essentially it works much like FSD that's full self-driving system you just give the command a go and even if it hasn't seen the path before it knows how to act safely same concept applies to Optimus looking at how Optimus walks we can still see it's kind of wobbly when it moves which Tesla is likely working on to make it faster and smoother that said it really isn't
too bad however what really stands out is that the new update Tesla just rolled out demonstrates its impressive ability to climb stairs something we have not seen before as for whether this is a major breakthrough we think it's not simply because many other robots have been able to go upstairs for a while so not too surprising that Optimus can do the same however what's interesting is that Optimus has made progress a lot faster than we expected boosting both speed and Mobility at the same time is not easy it requires a pretty intensive Hardware upgrade process
given that Hardware consists of many components for instance the battery Motors drivetrain wiring sensors all that stuff directly affects the robot's feet so upgrading the speed means Tesla had to innovate and improve on those things as well Tesla's only been involved in building robots for under three years so their experience can be considered less than that of long-standing competitors like Boston Dynamics plus since Tesla's also had to focus on making cars they can't dedicate all their efforts to robots however the frequent updates getting released demonstrate that Elon is truly serious about the robot project we
all know that Optimus has an initially confirmed battery pack of 2.3 kwatt hours for Gen 1 Tesla's not given details about the battery pack for Gen 2 but we think it's still not too large but according to recent reports Optimus is going to use the 4680 battery that's Tesla's best battery and that allows for world-class impressive performance for example if the Gen 2 does have a 46 680 battery pack that has a capacity of 2 and 1/2 kwatt hours it could potentially run for 9 hours before needing a recharge the battery for the robot is
different from that of EVS they'll consume less energy because the robot mainly performs tasks while standing still with only a few tasks requiring continuous Movement we believe that if Optimus is frequently in motion carrying things the battery life will drain more quickly but the new update has revealed how Optimus gets recharged and this is what really surprised us before we all thought that charge in Optimus would be similar to charging an EV taking it to a charging station then plugging it in of course a 2.3 KW battery pack wouldn't take too long to fully charge
compared to the larger battery packs found in the Tesla electric vehicles but it's not what we thought Optimus can actually charge itself without needing someone to plug it in that means it is completely automated a lot like the Cyber cap now you may have seen Tesla cyber cab at the recent launch event the vehicle automatically goes back to the parking spot equipped with a wireless less charging pad there it backs in and recharges itself taking a look at Optimus robot as seen in the video Optimus can now position itself navigate and automatically connect to a
wallmounted charger with a pum connector this is the charging port that Optimus will connect to automatically after charging Optimus disconnects from the charger then returns to work this is very impressive instead of being located on the side of the waist or the back of the head Tesla charging connector for the robot is located on its rear as far as we know the rear cam will now be deployed to search for nearby charging stations even in unfamiliar environments you can recognize that this is both mechanical and Electronic Connection which can help Optimus rest while charging that
means it helps it cool down the motors after hours of use this charging port can support its weight allowing the robot not to have to stand completely on its legs overall they've designed a new charging system that's different from what we usually see it's not the standard plug-in type and it's not induction charging either now looking at the new test that tells the Showcase in the latest update video it's able to lift heavy objects like lifting a battery tray weighing 25 lbs which contains about 30 4680 batteries as we can see both of its hands
are now getting used to carry the battery tray but if you pay close attention you might see something unusual here specifically how it holds the tray Optimus is only using the tips of its fingers to grip the tray and that means that the grip strength of this fingers is very strong to be able to hold that tray imagine doing this you're going to feel strain on your wrist shoulders and fingers as you hold it that means the fingers have to be locked and there's a certain amount of friction on optimus's hand to be able to
get it to grip the tray the force required to do so is pretty impressive because it requires not just finger strength but also shoulder stability and torque control in the wrist so seeing Optimus being able to lift 11 kilos is pretty cool as Tesla mentioned Optimus can lift up to 25 lbs and move autonomously now looking at the way it holds objects we think Optimus can probably lift a lot more than that thank you so much for watching this video hope you have a great day stay safe and God bless bye
