Tesla Shows Humanoid Bot With Improved Hands and Slimmer Figure

Tesla Inc. posted a videoshowing improvements it’s made to its humanoid robot prototype, capping off the clip with two of the machines dancing to electronic music beneath flashing lights.

Dubbed the Optimus bot, the human-mimicking machine is part of Tesla’s venture into developing artificial intelligence and utilizes a trained neural network to perform basic tasks.

A screenshot from a video of the Optimus Gen 2.

Source: Tesla Optimus

In the latest demonstration, Tesla says it’s reduced the weight of Optimus by 10kg (22lb) and shows the bot delicately picking up and handling an egg, with what it describes as “tactile sensing on all fingers.” In September, Optimus was shown in a ...