The electric vehicle boom is pay-dirt for factory machinery makers

he investment surge by both new and established automakers in the electric vehicle market is a bonanza for factory equipment manufacturers that supply the highly automated picks and shovels for the prospectors in the EV gold rush. By Ben Klayman DETROIT: The investment surge by both new and established automakers in the electric vehicle market… Continue reading The electric vehicle boom is pay-dirt for factory machinery makers

Change Suite · 10:58 AM UTCThe electric vehicle boom is pay-dirt for factory machinery makersThe investment surge by both new and established automake…

DETROIT, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The investment surge by both new and established automakers in the electric vehicle market is a bonanza for factory equipment manufacturers that supply the highly automated picks and shovels for the prospectors in the EV gold rush. The good times for the makers of robots and other factory equipment reflect… Continue reading Change Suite · 10:58 AM UTCThe electric vehicle boom is pay-dirt for factory machinery makersThe investment surge by both new and established automake…

Tesla unveils Dojo supercomputer: world’s new most powerful AI training machine

At its AI Day, Tesla unveiled its Dojo supercomputer technology while flexing its growing in-house chip design talent. The automaker claims to have developed the fastest AI training machine in the world. For years now, Tesla has been teasing the development of a new supercomputer in-house optimized for neural net video training. Tesla is handling… Continue reading Tesla unveils Dojo supercomputer: world’s new most powerful AI training machine

Top four highlights of Elon Musk’s Tesla AI Day

Elon Musk wants Tesla to be seen as “much more than an electric car company.” On Thursday’s Tesla AI Day, the CEO described Tesla as a company with “deep AI activity in hardware on the inference level and on the training level” that can be used down the line for applications beyond self-driving cars, including… Continue reading Top four highlights of Elon Musk’s Tesla AI Day

Musk: The Tesla Bot is coming

Remember that weird Will Smith movie about robots? Yeah, neither do we. But Elon Musk does. Tesla is developing a 5’8” Tesla Bot, with a prototype expected sometime next year. The news comes during Tesla’s inaugural AI Day, which was streamed on the company’s website Thursday night. The bot is being proposed as a non-automotive… Continue reading Musk: The Tesla Bot is coming

Tesla is working on an AI-powered humanoid robot

Tesla is building a humanoid robot simply called the Tesla Bot, Elon Musk has revealed at the automaker’s (and, perhaps, soon-to-be-robotmaker’s) AI Day event. It’s intended to be friendly, he said, and be slow and weak enough that you can outrun and overpower it — you know, just in case the robot uprising does happen… Continue reading Tesla is working on an AI-powered humanoid robot

Tesla is actually going to make a ‘Tesla Bot’ humanoid robot for general purpose use

Tesla announced that it is actually going to make a humanoid robot, called Tesla Bot, and it will be able to grab your groceries for you and perform other menial tasks. Yes, it’s not a joke. At its ‘AI Day‘ today, Tesla released many details about its progress to develop AI technology to power its… Continue reading Tesla is actually going to make a ‘Tesla Bot’ humanoid robot for general purpose use

Musk says Tesla likely to launch humanoid robot prototype next year

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday said the electric automaker will probably launch a “Tesla Bot” humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work that people don’t like to do. Slideshow ( 2 images ) Speaking at Tesla’s AI Day… Continue reading Musk says Tesla likely to launch humanoid robot prototype next year

Autos & TransportationMusk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year3:28 AM UTC

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said it will probably launch the prototype of a humanoid robot called “Tesla Bot” next year, saying the robot would “eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks.” The robot with a human-like appearance would carry out the work people like to do least,… Continue reading Autos & TransportationMusk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year3:28 AM UTC

Waymo’s autonomous vehicles have clocked 20 million miles on public roads

Although other companies that are working on autonomous driving might get more attention, Waymo is still hard at work on the technology. The Alphabet subsidiary just provided an update on its Waymo Driver AI as well as more details about its self-driving tests. An array of LiDAR, radar and cameras can track what’s going on… Continue reading Waymo’s autonomous vehicles have clocked 20 million miles on public roads