Pretty much. They banked on "if we can solve FSD, we can partially solve humanoid robot autonomy, because both are robots operating in poorly structured real world environments".
replyThey started working on humanoid robots because Musk always has to have the next moonshot, trillion-dollar idea to promise "in 3 years" to keep the stock price high.
replyAs soon as Waymo's massive robotaxi lead became undeniable, he pivoted to from robotaxis to humanoid robots.
Yeah, that and running Grok on a trillion GPUs in space lol
replyI don't want a humanoid robot. I want a purpose built robot.
replyObviously both will exist and compete with each other on the margins. The thing to appreciate is that our physical world is already built like an API for adult humans. Swinging doors, stairs, cupboards, benchtops. If you want a robot to traverse the space and be useful for more than one task, the humanoid form makes sense.
replyThe key question is whether general purpose robots can outcompete on sheer economies of scale alone.
I mean, I would take a robot to handle all of my housework.
replyPurpose built, that probably takes the form of a humanoid robot since all of tasks it needs to do were previously designed for humanoids.
It's so they can stick a Tesla logo on a bunch of chinese tech and call it innovation.
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