Tesla’s robots get the same treatment as its cars: Video training
Tesla is pivoting its strategy for training its Optimus robots to using mostly video recordings, rather than motion-capture suits and headsets to record human operators’ movements, in an effort to scale data collection more quickly.
That’s per Business Insider, which reports that the change happened after the departure of the company’s head of Optimus in June.
As Insider notes, that’s a similar strategy to the one Tesla has used to train its self-driving car models, forgoing expensive sensors like lidar and radar and relying instead on cameras and video. As is the case with its cars, using video to train Optimus — while cheaper and more easily scaled — has some drawbacks, including that it’s not as robust as more expensive methods.
As Insider notes, that’s a similar strategy to the one Tesla has used to train its self-driving car models, forgoing expensive sensors like lidar and radar and relying instead on cameras and video. As is the case with its cars, using video to train Optimus — while cheaper and more easily scaled — has some drawbacks, including that it’s not as robust as more expensive methods.
