BY:
Thelma Bani
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Fri Oct 11 2024
Elon Musk unveils new AI robot taxis
The newest additions to Elon musk's empire was displayed at a very big Tesla event dubbed We-Robot, held at Warner Bros Studio- Burbank in Carlifornia. Telsa introduced two new driverless cars as well as the new edition of the oPTIMUS Robot Generation 2.;
One of the technologies unveiled at the We-Robot event was "Robotaxi" (Cyber cab). A fully automatic self driving taxi car with no steering wheels and driving control, This cab features a futuristic design equiped with automatic opening and closing doors and Strangely no door handles either internally or externally, no side mirrors and as with all Tesla cars, fully electric. All a passenger has to do is tap on their destinaton on a touchscreen display.;
One other impressive feature which was aparent was that these cyber cabs had no visible charging ports and instead were designed for wireless charging via induction.A second was a brand new “Robovan” transport vehicle that can be configured as “mass transit” (Bus) or a cargo carrier.;
Musk shared a vision of how these robots will fit in our lives. Musk introduced several optimus Gen 2 robots which were this time not teethered to an power or control source. The looked much more realistic and responsive than the Gen 1 robots. With the vision that these robots become a general purpose robots capable of carrying daily task like walking dogs, mowing lawns, washing dishes, serve drinks or just be your friend.;
One amazing part was that attendees of the event were able to interract with these robots and even get served drinks by these robots. Surprisingly, Telsa had a number of these cars driving around the perimeter. About 20 robot taxis could be spotted driving automatically around the event with no drivers.;
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