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Elon Musk showcases army of $30,000 'Optimus' robots designed to help with household chores including 'babysitting your kids' .. (VIDEO)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | 10/11/2024 | Taryn Pedler

Posted on 10/12/2024 10:16:50 AM PDT by bitt

Elon Musk has showcased his army of $30,000 Tesla Optimus robots that are designed to help with household chores, prompting people to draw comparisons to the dystopian future depicted in I, Robot.

In shocking and impressive footage, the humanoid robots were seen stiffly walking in single file across a stage while viewers stood jaw-dropped on the sidelines.

Musk said attendees could walk up to the Optimus robots who would do things like serve drinks.

'At scale, you should be able to buy an Optimus robot for $20,000 to $30,000,' he said.

'It can walk your dog, mow your lawn, get the groceries, just be your friend.'

The footage goes on to show the human-like bot sitting at a family table, playing with a child, as well as wiping down a kitchen surface and collecting post.

The robot, which is intended for industrial and domestic uses, debuted at AI Day on September 30 after first being announced at AI Day in August 2021.

'Tesla Bots are initially positioned to replace people in repetitive, boring, and dangerous tasks. But the vision is for them to serve millions of households, such as cooking, mowing lawns, and caring for the elderly,' Musk wrote in an essay published in China Cyberspace magazine.

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KEYWORDS: ai; elonmusk; musk; optimus; optimusrobots; robots; spacex; starlink; tarynpedler; tesla; teslabots; truthsocial; twitter; x
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1 posted on 10/12/2024 10:16:50 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 10/12/2024 10:17:07 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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I take it they won’t necessarily turn into cars though.


3 posted on 10/12/2024 10:18:26 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: bitt

I Robot.


4 posted on 10/12/2024 10:18:35 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: bitt

I for one welcome our new robot overlords.


5 posted on 10/12/2024 10:18:36 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: bitt

I want one that cleans toilets and barks when somebody comes to the door.


6 posted on 10/12/2024 10:18:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: bitt

The dog walker bots are going to tip over a lot. 80lb+ dogs can pull hard.


7 posted on 10/12/2024 10:24:11 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: bitt

Cylon v1.0


8 posted on 10/12/2024 10:24:19 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: bitt

The DemoMarxists will reprogram to make them woke

“Oh Billy, you’re not really a boy, you are non-binary, there is no such thing as a boy and a girl. Do you know about the hero Josef Stalin?”


9 posted on 10/12/2024 10:24:22 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: BenLurkin
I want one that cleans toilets and barks when somebody comes to the door.

Those tasks are relatively simple. I am sure these robots could be made to do such things.

Now, to program one to clear off a table, place leftover food in its proper place, clean and place dishes in their proper places, takes a good bit more.

If we design a house with robot servants in mind, it becomes much easier.

10 posted on 10/12/2024 10:24:56 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: bitt

I like Elon’s bold prediction: “I think the Optimus robot will be the biggest product, ever”


11 posted on 10/12/2024 10:24:59 AM PDT by Yardstick
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You must have a lot of toilets if you want them cleaned every time someone comes to the door!


12 posted on 10/12/2024 10:26:55 AM PDT by cockroach_magoo (No one is above the law, but some are more above the law than others.)
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To: bitt

They need to make them small woman size, not large man size.

A friendly little robot standing in your bedroom doorway is one thing, a hulking, broad shouldered 6 foot machine man figure, not so much.


13 posted on 10/12/2024 10:27:01 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: marktwain

These robots should be able to drive a car.


14 posted on 10/12/2024 10:27:29 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Yardstick

If they make them look like Grace Park…..


15 posted on 10/12/2024 10:28:26 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: BenLurkin
I want one that cleans toilets and barks when somebody comes to the door.

Those tasks are relatively simple. I am sure these robots could be made to do such things.

Now, to program one to clear off a table, place leftover food in its proper place, clean and place dishes in their proper places, takes a good bit more.

If we design a house with robot servants in mind, it becomes much easier.

16 posted on 10/12/2024 10:29:33 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: bitt

Don’t forget The Day the Earth Stood Still. In the original story, Farewell to the Master, the robots were the masters. The last line read...

“You misunderstand, I am the master.”


17 posted on 10/12/2024 10:33:40 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala's New Way Forward = Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward)
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To: bitt
I want a robot that looks like Yuma Wang (that’s her real name Sirius Lee) but that can play piano and entertain like her, that can work the same artistry in the bedroom, but that can make me a sammich, like Rodney Dangerfield in “Back to School”.

This is really not too much to ask, is it?

18 posted on 10/12/2024 10:33:49 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: Sirius Lee

Yuga Wang. Really, Spelczeck?


19 posted on 10/12/2024 10:36:00 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: RandallFlagg

Maybe an aftermarket of retrofit body panels that look like certain people will emerge...


20 posted on 10/12/2024 10:37:46 AM PDT by Yardstick
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