Tesla's Second-Generation Optimus Robot Unveiled at WAIC 2024 with Impressive Improvements

TapTechNews July 4th news, according to the Shanghai Securities News report, Tesla's second-generation humanoid robot Optimus was officially unveiled at the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC 2024) today.

The second-generation Optimus first debuted on December 13 last year. Compared to the previous-generation product, its improvements include the following aspects:

Using actuators and sensors all independently designed and manufactured by Tesla;

The overall appearance design is more refined;

The walking speed has increased by 30%;

The weight has been reduced by 10 kilograms, while the sense of balance and body control ability have improved, and the video demonstrated its action of doing squats;

Equipped with a brand-new pair of hands, it can grasp heavier objects and perform more refined operations.

Recently, the second-generation Optimus has been trying to work in the Tesla factory. With the help of the visual neural network and the FSD chip, the second-generation Optimus can imitate human operations and conduct battery sorting training.

According to TapTechNews' previous report, Musk announced at the shareholders' meeting held last month that he would bet Tesla's future on the Optimus robot plan. Currently, the annual production of the拟人机器人（humanoid robot） market is 1 billion units, and Tesla will at least occupy a 10% share in the future. Musk said at that time that Tesla mass-produces robots at a price of about $10,000 each and sells them at a price of $20,000, thereby obtaining $1 trillion in profit. In addition, Musk believes that by 2026, Optimus will become a fully software-customized robot.

Tesla disclosed to the Blue Whale News that this robot will be sold to individuals later, and the goal is also to sell to individuals, and the expected price is $20,000.