{"id":31826,"date":"2022-09-20T06:14:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31826"},"modified":"2022-09-20T06:14:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:14:34","slug":"tesla-borrowing-autopilot-team-optimus-humanoid-robot-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31826","title":{"rendered":"Tesla is borrowing Autopilot team for Optimus humanoid robot project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk said that Tesla is borrowing the Autopilot team for its Optimus humanoid robot project, which has a deadline at the end of the month.<\/p>\n

The CEO has said that the Tesla Bot project has become a priority.<\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s approach to selling Autopilot, and now its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package features before they are ready, is creating some pressure to deliver, but Tesla has missed several timelines already.<\/p>\n

CEO Elon Musk has talked about Tesla turning its fleet into 1 million \u201crobotaxi\u201d vehicles by the end of the year, but the goal has now changed to expanding its FSD Beta program, which is still far from being able to perform a robotaxi service.<\/p>\n

Many customers are getting impatient to the point that some have filed a class action lawsuit<\/a> against Tesla over its claims about Autopilot and the FSD package.<\/p>\n

Some were also worried that Tesla was spreading itself thin when adding its Optimus humanoid robot project to its plate, and Musk even said that the robot has become a \u201ctop priority\u201d at Tesla<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tesla planned to leverage its work on computer vision for self-driving to use in the robot, which raised concerns considering the automaker has yet to deliver on its self-driving promises despite selling the feature to customers.<\/p>\n

Now when an owner asked Musk about a fix in Autopilot on Twitter last night, the CEO seems to suggest that it would have to wait because the Autopilot team is working on Optimus:<\/p>\n

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Note, Autopilot\/AI team is also working on Optimus and (actually smart) summon\/autopark, which have end of month deadlines.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The deadline at the end of the month for Optimus is the Tesla AI Day 2, <\/a>during which the company is expected to unveil its first working prototype of the robot.<\/p>\n

Tesla apparently also plans to unveil an updated version of its \u201cSmart Summon\u201d and Autopark features at the event.<\/p>\n

Is Tesla spreading itself too thin with this robot project? Should Tesla focus on delivering on its self-driving promises? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

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