Tesla has released a video (below) showing its Optimus humanoid robot out for a leisurely stroll. The 38-second clip shows off the robot’s ability to handle soft, uneven ground, and the bipedal bot looks pretty comfortable — for the most part — as it walks about.
The most impressive part, however, comes at the end of the video when Optimus recovers rather gracefully from an awkward slip as it descends a small, but steep slope. To recover in this way requires a lot of complex and lightning-fast computing power, so the robot clearly does well to stay upright.
In an online post sharing the video, Tesla boss Elon Musk said: "Optimus can now walk on highly variable ground using neural nets to control its electric limbs."
Milan Kovac, vice president at Optimus, elaborated in a post of his own, noting that Optimus is seen walking on mulched ground where he once slipped himself.
"What’s really crazy here is that for these [walks], Optimus is actually blind," he said, adding that the robot is maintaining its balance without any cameras to guide it, relying instead on built-in sensors integrated with its onboard computer.
The executive said that to enable Optimus to plan ahead as it walks, his team intends to incorporate computer vision, a sophisticated system that will enable the robot to perceive and interact with its environment. They also want to improve the robot’s walking style to make it look more natural, and in cases where a fall is unavoidable, it wants to design a safe way for it to topple over to minimize damage.
Looking at videos of Boston Dynamics’ bipedal Atlas robot during its development, everyone can see that it was walking in a similar way to Optimus back in 2016. A year later, it was performing backflips, and not long after that, it was able to jog.
Daily walks help clear your mind pic.twitter.com/dUsW58trS6
— Tesla Optimus (@Tesla_Optimus) December 9, 2024
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