Meta joins Tesla as an AI robot company
As goes Elon Musk’s Tesla, so goes Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta.
Now, Meta is following Tesla into AI-powered humanoid robots, Bloomberg reports.
Last month, Musk predicted that in the long term, its AI-powered Optimus robots — which in demos have so far been powered by humans — “will be overwhelmingly the value” of Tesla.
Now Meta plans to develop its own robots with the help of outside robotics companies. Initially these humanoid robots will help with household chores, but Meta’s “bigger ambition is to make the underlying AI, sensors and software for robots that will be manufactured and sold by a range of companies,” Bloomberg reported.
Meta will have to hurry. Musk said his company intends to build 10,000 of its Optimus robots this year, but he hedged during the latest earnings call.
“Will we succeed in building 10,000 exactly by the end of December this year? Probably not, but will we succeed in making several thousand? Yes, I think we will,” Musk said.
Meta’s robot project will be part of its Reality Labs hardware division — the one that lost nearly $18 billion last year.
Presumably, unlike earlier versions of Metaverse avatars, Meta’s robots will have legs, but we don’t know for sure.
Now Meta plans to develop its own robots with the help of outside robotics companies. Initially these humanoid robots will help with household chores, but Meta’s “bigger ambition is to make the underlying AI, sensors and software for robots that will be manufactured and sold by a range of companies,” Bloomberg reported.
Meta will have to hurry. Musk said his company intends to build 10,000 of its Optimus robots this year, but he hedged during the latest earnings call.
“Will we succeed in building 10,000 exactly by the end of December this year? Probably not, but will we succeed in making several thousand? Yes, I think we will,” Musk said.
Meta’s robot project will be part of its Reality Labs hardware division — the one that lost nearly $18 billion last year.
Presumably, unlike earlier versions of Metaverse avatars, Meta’s robots will have legs, but we don’t know for sure.
