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Comment by TheCaptain4815 | Hacker News Reader

I wonder how the "Tesla Bot" would compete if ever finished. In theory Tesla has an advantage in both Ai and especially manufacturing.

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I don't think they will find enough volunteers to wear robot suit spandex to do actual work.

I'm sure it'll be ready in another 3 years alongside FSD

Amazon is almost certainly far ahead of Tesla in robotics AI. They have been at the forefront of that field for >10 years.

This is not obvious. We should not discount the data collection and training infrastructure that Tesla has created. It’s very possible that their massive fleet of robots on wheels gives them a significant leg up.

Tesla has a mediocre "self"-driving car, and a robot primarily designed for looks which seems to be on a level achievable by the average university student team.

How is training data primarily about things like recognizing traffic signs going to be of any use when the hard problems to solve are stuff like picking up a box without crushing it?

The robot is not developed by Amazon, it comes from De a company named Agility Robotics which was an investment target for Amazon. The Tesla robot is actually designed and built by Tesla.

It is sad to see how the ...HN bots?... can not keep their personal dislike of Musk from clouding their reasoning. Will that Tesla bot succeed? Who knows, it might. Then again, it might not. One thing is clear: knee-jerk down-voting and childish remarks about spandex suits will not make any difference on whether it succeeds or not.

To those who are triggered by anything related to Musk the question why Bezos gets a free pass. Is it just because he is ideologically aligned and supports the current thing or do you actually think he is a better person and if so, why?

Like Apple and Microsoft I imagine.

It’s an interesting question, I guess it depends if they can raise enough money.

I mean, the Tesla bot price has to be at least 70$/hour. Solo dancers are quite expensive, even mediocre ones.

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