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Tesla’s optimus hits snags in hands, suppliers as scale-up begins

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  1. IshKebab · · focus · HN ↗
    Wait they actually stopped producing cars for this? I guess nobody was buying them, otherwise that's insane.
    1. ben_w · · focus · HN ↗
      Same's scheduled to happen with the Falcon being wound down for Starship.

      Also nuts at this point. Though the latter is good for everyone else as it forces development of alternatives.

      1. IshKebab · · focus · HN ↗
        That's way less nuts. They've proven Starship can get to orbit so it's already viable for payloads. And it has a much larger payload capacity than Falcon 9. They've also recovered a booster. So realistically they can use it in disposable mode now, reusable booster in ~1 year (at which point it is better than Falcon 9) and maybe fully reusable in 5 years.

        Compared to humanoid robots where we might be 10-30 years away from having something that works well.

        1. ben_w · · focus · HN ↗
          > They've proven Starship can get to orbit so it's already viable for payloads.

          That proof is due on Monday. The fact it's the future tense is why this is nuts.

          > Compared to humanoid robots where we might be 10-30 years away from having something that works well

          Software, I agree. The hardware may very well already be achievable, provided they are remote controlled, which could already be economically useful depending on the price tag.

          1. IshKebab · · focus · HN ↗
            > Software, I agree. The hardware may very well already be achievable

            Yeah of course software. That's the hard part. Look at driverless cars - we've had the hardware for it since the 70s.

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