I presume there is a bigger game here. Androids, eg humanform robots, will require the capacity to navigate on camera alone.
Specifically, loads of object detection with smaller objects, imagine an android cleaning off a table after dinner. Visual spectrum, camera identification is vital here.
So it's all one ball of wax. Tesla is not juet a car company, likely in 5 years the number of androids they sell will dwarf car sales.
> Androids, eg humanform robots, will require the capacity to navigate on camera alone.
But those cameras don't have to be simple visual spectrum cameras, do they? They could have, for example, in each eye, LIDAR, infrared, several focal lengths of visual, etc. Not to mention being able to augment those sensors at places humans just don't get sensor data (e.g: back of head; outward facing from shoulders, hips, etc.; constant presence monitoring via ultrasound / IR / 2.4GHz, etc.)
But those cameras don't have to be simple visual spectrum cameras, do they?
They do, if they want to do comparative analysis on the trillions upon trillions of existing photographs, and even motion picture frames.
Not to mention the entire AI industry is working full out for perfect image recognition, again in our visual spectrum. Something apparent to a person working with openai 5 years ago.
Tesla will likely never accomplish anything with robots because they can’t even build a car to typical market standards of quality and robotics is even more greenfield and unrefined in its mass production processes. I guess maybe it’s possible if someone like Shotwell takes over and Musk is relegated to a similar figurehead position.
Specifically, loads of object detection with smaller objects, imagine an android cleaning off a table after dinner. Visual spectrum, camera identification is vital here.
So it's all one ball of wax. Tesla is not juet a car company, likely in 5 years the number of androids they sell will dwarf car sales.