Opening the era of humanoid robots
Musk mentions deployment of Optimus
Delayed from the end of this year to next year
Expectations are rising ahead of performance announcement,
Humanoid robot ‘Optimus’ – Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, released a video in February of humanoid robot ‘Optimus’ walking on his social media (SNS) X (formerly Twitter). Musk X (formerly Twitter) capture. San Francisco, Yonhap News, ‘Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, announced that the humanoid robot ‘Optimus’ under development by Tesla will be deployed in the factory next year.’,
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, ‘On the 22nd (local time), Musk said on his social media (SNS) X (formerly Twitter), “Tesla will test-produce humanoid robots next year for internal use within the company.” He added, “I hope to be able to mass-produce for other companies by 2026.”‘,
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, ‘Earlier, Musk had mentioned that Optimus would be deployed to Tesla factories by the end of this year to perform useful tasks and said, “It will be available for external sales by the end of next year.” Both the timing of factory deployment and external sales have been delayed from the original plans.’,
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, ‘ MobileAdNew center ‘, ‘After announcing plans to develop humanoid robots in 2021, Tesla unveiled a prototype Optimus in September last year. In the initial video, it showed the robot freely moving fingers, arms, and legs, as well as distinguishing blocks on a table by color and balancing its weight on one foot, attracting attention. In December last year, a video showing it walking at a faster pace and smoothly moving five fingers was released, and in January of this year, a video of it folding clothes was made public.’,
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, ‘Reuters pointed out that Musk had told investors in 2019 that by 2020, Tesla would operate a network of autonomous ‘Robo-taxis’, but he failed to fulfill it in a timely manner.’,
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, ‘On the 23rd (local time), ahead of the earnings announcement, Tesla’s stock closed at $251.51, up 5.15% from the previous trading day on the New York Stock Exchange. According to financial information firm FactSet, Wall Street analysts expect Tesla’s second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) to decrease by 33% compared to the same period last year, with revenues expected to decline by 2%. Although the earnings expectations have lowered, the direction of the stock price is likely to be influenced by Musk’s statements regarding Robo-taxis and self-driving technology.’]